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Fourth Quarter FY 1986 Report
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Strategic Planning and
Management System
Fourth Quarter FY 1986 Report
PREFACE
This quarterly report reviews Agency progress in meeting its priority
program commitments. The report is a major component of the Agency
Strategic Planning and Management System (SPMS). SPMS provides a
process for the Agency to identify national goals and priorities,
issue timely guidance to the field, identify measures of success and
track progress against them. Each quarter the Office of Management
Systems and Evaluation publishes the report using information provided
by Headquarters, regional offices and state agencies. The Office of
Compliance Analysis and Program Operations is responsible for the
enforcement sections of this report.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the many
people throughout the environmental protection management network who
have made timely production of this report possible.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OFFICE
OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION 1
OFFICE OF WATER 35
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 93
OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND
TOXIC SUBSTANCES 117
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING 151
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 161
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING
AND EVALUATION 173
OFFICE OF EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS 177
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 187
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OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION
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FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o IN FY 1986 THE NUMBER OF PRIMARY NONATTAINMENT AREAS DROPPED FROM
698 TO 685.
O TEN NEW I/M PROGRAMS INITIATED OPERATION IN FY 1986 ALONG WITH TWELVE
NEW ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS.
O FOR THE YEAR, THE REGIONS PROCESSED 99% OF THEIR SIP ACTIONS ON TIME
WHILE THE LOW RATES IN HQ PROCESSING WERE IMPROVED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
O STATES EXCEEDED THE TARGETS FOR CORRECTING THEIR PROGRAM DEFICIENCIES
BUT THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR NAMS/SLAM REPORTING FELL WELL BELOW FY 1985
RATES.
O 63 AIR TOXICS MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS WERE SUBMITTED BY LOCALS,
STATES AND REGIONS.
O SUBSTANTIAL REPORTING PROBLEMS CONTINUED TO EXIST WITH THE FY 1986 SPMS
AIR MEASURES.
O THE REGIONS COLLECTIVELY EXCEEDED THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET FOR ADDRESSING
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS.
O ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY REMAINED STRONG IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE PROGRAM SHOWED A CONSISTENTLY HIGH LEVEL OF
ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR.
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NUMBER OF NONATTAINMENT AREAS
THE NUMBER OF NONATTAINMENT AREAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE
YEAR. AT THE CLOSE OF FY 1986, REGIONS ARE REPORTING 677 PRIMARY
AREAS AND 208 SECONDARY AREAS IN NONATTAINMENT. THIS IS A DECREASE
OF 18 PRIMARY AND AN INCREASE OF 5 SECONDARY AREAS DURING FY1986.
THE NET CHANGE OF 13 AREAS RESULTS FROM REFINEMENTS TO THE DATA
BASE AND SOME REDESIGNATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
- THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NONATTAINMENT AREAS (885) IS A REDUCTION OF
ABOUT 160 AREAS FROM THE FEBRUARY 1983 TOTAL OF 1,047.
- THERE ARE CURRENTLY 538 U.S. COUNTIES DESIGNATED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY
IN NONATTAINMENT FOR AT LEAST ONE POLLUTANT.
- THE END OF YEAR TOTALS BY POLLUTANT, ARE: FOR PRIMARY; OZONE (353),
CO (139), TSP (130), S02 (51) AND NOX (4). FOR SECONDARY: TSP
(195), S02 (13).
THE REGIONS ESTIMATE THAT 149 OF THE PRIMARY AREAS HAVE ATTAINED AND
NEED REDESIGNATION.
- THERE ARE 77 REDESIGNATION REQUESTS IN THE PIPELINE.
- 78 OF THE 149 AREAS ARE FOR OZONE.
- REGIONS ALSO ESTIMATE THAT 22 SECONDARY NONATTAINMENT AREAS HAVE
ATTAINED.
- THE REGIONS ARE NOT ABLE TO PROJECT ATTAINMENT DATES FOR 506 OF
THE 885 AREAS.
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NUMBER OF PRIMARY NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS *
As of September 30,1986
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n
I
III IV
V VI
REGIONS
VII VIII IX
* There are more 'Non-attainment Areas' than areas
with Non-attainment, since some areas are Non-attainment
for more than one pollutant.
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300
400
300
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NATIONAL TOTALS
12/3^/85 CURRENT
QUARTER
S02
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CO
OZONE
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1985 OZONE AIR QUALITY DATA FOR AREAS WITH DESIGN VALUES > .15 PPM
RE CITY STATE
1 STATEWIDE CT
1 BOSTON MA
1 NEW BEDFORD MA
1 SPRINGFIELD MA
1 PORTLAND ME
1 PROVIDENCE RI
2 ATLANTIC CITY NJ
2 NEW YORK NY
3 WASHINGTON DC
3 BALTIMORE MD
3 ALLENTOWN PA
3 PHILADELPHIA PA
4 BIRMINGHAM AL
4 ATLANTA GA
4 LOUISVILLE KY
5 CHICAGO IL
5 CINCINNATI OH
5 MILWAUKEE WI
DESIGN
VALUE (PPM)
(Std = .12)
0.23
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.15
0.16
0.19
0.23
0.16
0.17
0.15
0.18
0.15
0.16
0.15
0.20
0.15
0.17
EXP. EXCEEDANCES
POP.
SITE
16.3
1.6
10.8
8.6
6.8
3.0
10.3
9.3
5.3
4.4
3.3
10.1
1.4
7.4
8.0
2.1
0.3
6.2
HIGH
SITE
15.8
1.3
10.8
8.6
6.8
3.0
10.3
29.0
8.8
7.4
3.3
10.1
2.4
10.4
8.0
4.1
2.3
6.2
(DAYS) HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS (1985— ppm)
1st
0.166
0.161
0.143
0.198
0.167
0.154
0.173
0.218
0.145
0.187
0.127
0.171
0.134
0.145
0.160
0.148
0.122
0.165
2nd
0.158
0.156
0.137
0.148
0.158
0.140
0.160
0.173
0.141
0.157
0.120
0.163
0.122
0.145
0.129
0.146
0.120
0.151
3rd
0.142
0.136
0.137
0.137
0.144
0.128
0.141
0.144
0.126
0.143
0.112
0.154
0.120
0.130
0.129
0.126
0.110
0.132
4th
0.139
0.127
0.124
0.130
0.138
0.128
0.137
0.140
0.121
0.111
0.109
0.153
0.106
0.128
0.107
0.113
0.110
0.116
5th
<
0.124
0.124
0.119
0.130
0.121
0.128
0.135
0.137
0.120
0.108
0.108
0.140
0.104
0.125
0.107
0.110
0.107
0.092
KEY:
DESIGN VALUES - BASED ON AVERAGING 82-84 OZONE DATE (OZONE STANDARD = .12 PPM).
EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES - THE STATISTIC DEFINED BY REGULATION FOR DETERMINING EXCEEDANCES THAT ACCOUNTS FOR
MISSING DATA.
POP. SITE - EXCEEDANCES AT THE POPULATION - ORIENTED NAMS SITE.
HIGH SITE - EXCEEDANCES AT THE SITE WITH THE HIGHEST OZONE CONCENTRATION DURING THE OZONE SEASON.
CONCENTRATIONS - THE HIGHEST FIVE DAILY MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS FROM THE SITE WITH HIGHEST - SECOND HIGHEST
OZONE READING.
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RE CITY STATE
6 BATON ROUGE LA
6 LAKE CHARLES LA
6 NEW ORLEANS LA
6 BEAUMONT TX
6 DALLAS TX
6 EL PASO TX
6 GALVESTON TX
6 HOUSTON TX
6 LONGVIEW TX
7 ST. LOUIS MO
8 SALT LAKE CITY UT
9 PHOENIX AZ
9 BAKERSFIELD CA
9 FRESNO CA
9 LOS ANGLELES CA
9 MODESTO CA
9 SACRAMENTO CA
9 SAN DIEGO CA
9 SAN FRANCISCO CA
9 SANTA BARBARA CA
9 VENTURA CA
9 VISALIA CA
DESIGN
VALUE
(Std = .12)
EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES
POP. HIGH
SITE SITE
HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS (1985—ppn)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
0.17
0.15
0.15
0.21
0.16
0.17
0.17
0.25
0.15
0.17
0.15
0.15
0.16
0.16
0.36
0.15
0.16
0.21
0.17
0.15
0.21
0.15
3.4
1.7
0.0
3.7
7.6
1.7
4.9
18.3
0.7
2.8
3.1
4.5
5.5
24.8
127.7
3.4
8.7
12.5
5.5
3.8
4.1
2.6
3.4
1.7
0.3
3.7
7.5
1.7
4.9
14.2
0.7
2.8
3.4
4.5
5.5
18.3
128.7
13.9
8.7
11.6
9.9
3.8
43.8
2.6
0.183
0.123
0.122
0.120
0.170
0.140
0.210
0.260
0.130
0.191
0.218
0.150
0.160
0.160
0.390
0.150
0.180
0.220
0.160
0.230
0.190
0.140
0.161
0.119
0.118
0.100
0.150
0.140
0.200
0.230
0.110
0.176
0.163
0.134
0.160
0.160
0.360
0.140
0.180
0.210
0.150
0.140
0.180
0.130
0.137
0.118
0.118
0.090
0.120
0.140
0.190
0.180
0.110
0.106
0.149
0.123
0.160
0.160
0.360
0.140
0.150
0.170
0.140
0.130
0.160
0.120
0.131
0.117
0.116
0.090
0.120
0.140
0.180
0.170
0.110
0.094
0.140
0.123
0.150
0.150
0.350
0.140
0.140
0.170
0.140
0.120
0.160
0.120
0.128
0.116
0.114
0.090
0.120
0.140
0.150
0.160
0.100
0.094
0.129
0.120
0.150
0.150
0.350
0.140
0.130
0.170
0.120
0.120
0.150
0.120
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ACTIONS BEING TAKEN IN NONATTAINMENT AREAS
THE REGIONS AND OAR HAVE UPDATED THE ANALYSIS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF
NONATTAINMENT AREAS. THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OUTLINE THE STATUS:
o 231 AREAS (25%) ARE FY1987 EXTENSION AREAS FOR O3 AND CO. THESE
AREAS ARE IMPLEMENTING PLANS TOWARDS THE 12/31/87 ATTAINMENT DEADLINE.
O 180 AREAS (21%) ARE COVERED IN THE LIST OF "SIP call" AREAS OR ARE
AREAS WITH OUTSTANDING SIP CONDITIONS.
O 135 (16%) ARE AREAS WHERE REDESIGNATION TO ATTAINMENT HAS BEEN
REQUESTED (72) OR WHERE ATTAINMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND THE REGIONS
EXPECT A REQUEST FOR REDESIGNATION (63).
o 141 (15%) ARE PARTICULATE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY "ON HOLD"
AWAITING PROMULGATION OF PM10.
o 73 (8%) ARE AREAS WHERE THE SIP IS FULLY APPROVED.
o 71 AREAS (8%) FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF RURAL OZONE GENERALLY
MEANING THAT THEIR STATUS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL UPWIND (URBAN)
AREAS CONTROL EMISSIONS.
o 14 (2%) AREAS (13 OZONE) ARE NOT ATTAINING THE STANDARD BUT THEIR
LEVELS ARE BELOW THE "CUT POINT" FOR REQUESTING A REVISED SIP.
o 13 (1%) ARE AREAS SUBJECT TO ANALYSIS UNDER THE REVISED STACK HEIGHT
RULES.
o THE REMAINING AREAS (ABOUT 27) ARE UNCLASSIFIED WITHIN THE ABOVE
BREAKOUT.
THE LARGEST CHANGES OF STATUS DURING THE YEAR WERE AN INCREASE OF 25
AREAS ON HOLD FOR PM10 AND A DECREASE OF 9 AREAS WHERE THE SIP IS FULLY
APPROVED.
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SIP ACTIVITY
DEFICIENT SIPs
O OAR REPORTS 254 DEFICIENT SIPs (COMPARED TO 218 IN THE SECOND QUARTER
AND 229 IN THE THIRD QUARTER).
- REGION V HAS 114 (45%) OF THE DEFICIENT SIPs WHILE REGIONS I AND
X HAVE ONLY 1 EACH.
- THE 254 DEFICIENT SIPS ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING POLLUTANTS: OZONE (85),
TSP (67), CO (41), NSR (30), SO2 (20), Pb (7) AND NOX (4).
(OAR WILL TRACK EPA ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THESE SIPs IN FY 1987)
NUMBER OF SIP CALL REVISIONS DUE FROM STATES
O DURING FY 1986, 49 SIP REVISIONS WERE DUE FROM THE STATES OF WHICH
40 WERE RECEIVED (82%).
- REGIONS I, III, IV, VII, VIII, X RECEIVED ALL THE REVISIONS THAT
WERE DUE.
(THESE REGIONS, HOWEVER WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONLY 13 OF THE 49
REVISIONS).
- REGIONS WITH STATES FALLING SHORT OF THEIR TARGETS WERE REGION II
(5 OF 8), REGION V (15 OF 17), REGION VI (6 OF 7) AND REGION IX
(1 OF 4).
STACK HEIGHT PLANS
O OAR REPORTS THAT ALL REGIONS EXCEPT REGIONS III, VIII AND IX HAVE
SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED STACK HEIGHT PLANS.
O OAR CONTINUES NOT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE STATE SCHEDULES
CONTAINED IN THE PLANS AND WHETHER THE SCHEDULES APE BEING MET. THAT
INFORMATION WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF SPMS THIS YEAR.
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED ON TIME (HQ)
O HO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 133 SIP ACTIONS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE
TOTAL INCLUDES 47 NEWLY DUE ACTIONS AND 86 DUE FROM THE PREVIOUS
QUARTER(S).
O PROCESSING RATES FOR NEWLY DUE ACTIONS (EXCLUDING ACTIONS "ON HOLD"
AND THOSE RETURNED TO THE REGIONS) WAS 70% AND FOR CARRYOVER ACTIONS
WAS 63%. BOTH TOTALS WERE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE SECOND AND THIRD
QUARTER RATES.
o OF THE 133 ACTIONS IN THE SYSTEM DURING THE QUARTER, 64 (48%) WERE
PUBLISHED. FOR ACTIONS NOT PUBLISHED, THE STATUS WAS: 33 WERE
RETURNED TO THE REGIONS (UP 20), 33 ARE OVERDUE (DOWN 41) AND 3 ARE
ON POLICY HOLD (DOWN 17).
o OVERALL, THE NUMBER OF UNPROCESSED SIPS HAS DECREASED TO 69 COMPARED
TO 71 A YEAR AGO AND 108 IN THE LAST OUARTER.
- OAR HAS CONCERNS THAT THE BACKLOG PROGRESS MAY NOT CONTINUE NEXT
OUARTER.
o THE 3 SIPS REMAINING IN THE "ON HOLD" CATEGORY ARE DUE TO THE NRDC SUIT/
DUAL DEFINITION. TWENTY SIPS RELATING TO VOC COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES
WERE MOVED FROM THE "ON HOLD" CATEGORY DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED ON TIME (HQ)
As Of September 30,1986
100
OF NEWLY DUE 52
OF CARRYOVER 9
2 3
QUARTERS
69
14
66
62
ON HOLD
2.
RETURNED TO REGION
25.0%
43
54
UNPUBLISHED
25.0%
PUBLISHED
48.0%
STATUS OF SIP ACTIONS
FOR HQ (#161)
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Q NEWLY DUE
CARRYOVER
BAR GRAPH DATA EXCLUDES "ON HOLD" & "RETURNED TO REGION" CATEGORIES
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED (REGIONS)
o DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER 182 SIP ACTIONS WERE DUE TO RE PROCESSED
IN THE REGIONS. ALL BUT ONE ACTION WAS PROCESSED ON TIME.
o FOR THE YEAR THE REGIONS PROCESSED 657 OF 666 ACTIONS ON TIME FOR A
CUMULATIVE RATE OF 99 PERCENT.
o REGION V CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF SIP ACTIONS,
THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 355 OF THE 666 ACTIONS (53%) THIS
YEAR WHILE MAINTAINING A 99% PROCESSING RATE.
o EACH REGION HAS A FY 1986 CUMULATIVE PROCESSING RATE OVER 94 PERCENT,
REGIONS I, III, VII, VIII, IX, AND X PROCESSED ALL THEIR SIPs ON
TIME THIS YEAR.
O HOWEVER, HQ HAS RETURNED 33 SIPs ACTIONS (OUT OF 133 IN HQ THIS
QUARTER) TO THE REGION FOR ADDITIONAL WORK.
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED ON TIME (REGIONS)
As Of September 30,1986
CURRENT QUARTER
# OF SIP ACTIONS 15
I OVERDUE 0
CUMULATIVE
«g # OF SIP ACTIONS 31
^ | OVERDUE 0
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H CURRENT QUARTER
G CUMULATIVE
II
5
0
17
1
III IV
6
0
31
0
23
0
V VI VII VIII
REGIONS
82 22 5 9
1000
63 355 57
4 3 1
30 22
0 0
11
0
41
0
4
0
19
0
TOTALS
182
1
666
9
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NATIONAL AIR AUDIT SYSTEM - CORRECTION OF STATE DEFICIENCIES
o DURING FY 1986 THE STATES CORRECTED 88 OF THE PRIORITY PROGRAM
DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE FY 1985 AUDITS, EXCEED-
ING THE TARGET OF 77 PROBLEMS CORRECTED. THE CORRECTION OF 88 PROBLEMS
REPRESENTS ABOUT HALF OF THE 177 PRIORITY DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN
THE FY 1985 AUDITS.
o REGIONS WHICH HAVE CORRECTED THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THE UNIVERSE
OF PRIORITY DEFICIENCIES ARE REGION X (100%), REGION IV (88%) AND
REGION III (63%) .
O REGIONS WHICH CORRECTED THE MOST DEFICIENCIES WERE REGION I AND VII
(14), REGION II (12) AND REGION V (11).
O THREE REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR COMMITMENTS. REGION VII CORRECTED FOUR-
TEEN AGAINST A TARGET OF SIX; REGION II CORRECTED TWELVE COMPARED TO
A COMMITMENT OF EIGHT, AND REGION VI EXCEEDED THEIR COMMITMENT OF SIX
BY ONE.
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NATIONAL AIR AUDIT SYSTEM
-CORRECTION OF STATE DEFICIENCIES
As Of September 30,1986
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STATUS OF MOBILE SOURCE PROGRAMS
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS
O FOR THE YEAR, THERE WERE TWELVE NEW ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS INITIATED
AGAINST A TARGET OF NINE. DURING THE FOURTH OUARTER NEW PROGRAMS
WERE INITIATED IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, ATLANTA AND PROVO, UTAH.
O THE MOST FY 1986 NEW STARTS OCCURRED IN REGIONS VI AND IV WITH FOUR
AND THREE RESPECTIVELY.
O REGIONS IX, VI AND X HAVE THE MOST EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH SEVEN, SIX
AND FIVE RESPECTIVELY.
COMPLETION OF I/M AUDITS
O FOR THE YEAR, THE REGIONS CONDUCTED ELEVEN INITIAL I/M AUDITS AND TEN
FOLLOW-UP AUDITS EXCEEDING THEIR COMBINED TARGET OF EIGHTEEN.
STATUS OF EFFORTS TO REMEDY CRITICAL I/M OPERATING PROGRAMS
O THE REGIONS COMMITTED TO CORRECT 16 I/M OPERATING PROBLEMS FOUND
DURING PRE-FY 1986 AUDITS. FOR THE YEAR, OAR HAS DETERMINED THAT TEN
PROBLEMS WERE REMEDIED. FOR THE PROBLEMS NOT "REMEDIED", OAR HAS
DETERMINED THAT THE REGIONS ARE GENERALLY TAKING THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS
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STATUS OF I/M AND ANT1 TAMPERING PROGRAMS
As of September 30,1986
NEW A/T PROGRAMS
234
QUARTERS
I/M AUDITS (NEW AND FOLLOW-UP)
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1 2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
QTARGET
IACTUAL
I/M PROGRAM STATUS
TOTAL PftOGftAMS OPERATING (94)
PROGRAMS NOT IMPLEMENTED (•)
NEW FV1» STARTS (10)
20-1
10 20 30 40 SO 60
NUMBER
I/M PROBLEMS REMEDIED
1 2 3
QUARTERS
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AIR TOXICS
o OAR WAS RESPONSIBLE IN FY 1986 TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION-
1. THE ALLOCATION OF FY 1986 GRANT FUNDS TO EACH STATE AND APPROPRIATE
LOCAL AGENCIES.
2. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL AIR AGENCIES
IN THE CEPP PROGRAM, INCLUDING ESTIMATED RESOURCES EXPENDED.
3. SUMMARY OF INDIVIDUAL STATE GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT INCLUDES BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF THE MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM AND ESTIMATED SECTION 105
GRANT FUNDS AND STATE FUNDS.
O OAR IS STILL COLLECTING REGIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ITEMS ABOVE.
OAR WILL SUBMIT THE INFORMATION AFTER ALL REGIONS HAVE REPORTED AND
A NATIONAL PICTURE CAN BE DETERMINED. OAR DID SUBMIT INFORMATION ON
THE MYDP's WHICH HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES
(IN SEVERAL INSTANCES BY THE REGIONS).
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AIR TOXICS MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS (MYDP's)
AS OF OCTOBER 23, 1986 OAR HAD RECEIVED 63 PLANS FROM THE REGIONS
(48 STATE AND 15 LOCAL). THE MISSING STATES ARE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.
PLANS FOR HAWAII AND NEW MEXICO WERE DEVELOPED BY THE REGION AND
ARE CONTINGENT UPON FURTHER NEGOTIATION WITH THOSE STATES.
- OAR AND THE REGIONS ARE EVALUATING THE MILESTONES IN THE PLANS
FOR THEIR ADEQUACY AND DETERMINATION OF THE REVISIONS/ADDITIONS
THAT MAY BE NECESSARY IN FY 1987.
- OAR HAS A SUMMARY OF THEIR REVIEW:
THE MAJOR EMPHASIS OF MOST PLANS IS ON EMISSIONS INVENTORY FOR
ASSESSMENT OF HIGH RISK POINT SOURCES. THIS IS NATURAL IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIR TOXICS PROGRAM. MANY STATES ARE LOOKING AT
MODIFYING THEIR PERMIT SYSTEMS TO REVIEW TOXICS FACTORS AS PART
OF THE CRITERIA POLLUTANT REVIEW, HOWEVER THIS PROCESS IS NOT BEING
FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN ALL PROGRAMS. THOSR AGENCIES WHICH ARE
ADDRESSING PERMITTING ARE ABOUT EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN (1) THOSE
DEVELOPING A FORMAL POLICY/REGULATION BEFORE ENACTING PROCEDURES
AND (2) DOING TOXIC REVIEW WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEVELOPING A
FORMAL POLICY/REGULATION. IN THE AREA OF URBAN ASSESSMENT, MANY
AGENCIES IN THE WEST DO NOT HAVE LARGE POPULATION CENTERS AND
ARE CONCENTRATING EFFORTS ON NONTRADITIONAL SOURCES (WOODSMOKE).
MOST ACTIVITY ON URBAN ASSESSMENT IS PLANNING OF MONITORING
(SOMETIMES USING THE VOC NETWORK) AND MORE SPECIFIC EMISSIONS
INVENTORY WORK FOR AREA SOURCES OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS. THE AMOUNT
OF EMPHASIS ON TECHNICAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT VARIES GREATLY AND IS
USUALLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SIZE OF THE AGENCY.
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DELEGATION OF NSPS AND NESHAPS
o NATIONAL DELEGATION RATES FOR NSPS AND NESHAPS REMAINED ABOUT THE
SAME AS IN FY 1985.
O REGION VII (DUE TO NEW KANSAS DELEGATIONS) SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN
NSPS FROM 73% TO 91%. OTHER REGIONS GENERALLY HAD ABOUT THE SAME
PERFORMANCE STATUS AS LAST YEAR. THREE REGIONS REPORTED NO CHANGE
IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICABLE OR DELEGATED STANDARDS (II, VIII, X).
o REGIONS V, VI, IX CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS
ARE DELEGATED.
O REGION VII AND II CONTINUE TO REPORT NESHAP RATES (71% & 74%) WHICH
ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND OTHER REGIONS.
- STATES WITH NOTABLY LOW RATES ARE KANSAS (0 FOR 11 NESHAPS), THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS (41% AND 50%), TENNESSEE (NSPS-57%) AND WYOMING (0
of 5 FOR NESHAPS). DELAWARE WHICH HAD A NSPS RATE OF 73% LAST
YEAR HAS RAISED ITS RATE TO 96%.
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DELEGATION STATUS OF NSPS AND NESHAPS
As Of September 30,1986
100
75-
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25-
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III IV V
VI VII VIII
REGIONS
LEGEND
0NSPS
INESHAPS
IX
NATIONAL
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TIMELY REPORTING OF NAMS DATA (GRAPH)
O NATIONALLY, REPORTING RATES IN FY 1986 WERE BELOW THE RATES ACHIEVED
LAST YEAR. RATES FOR INTEGRATED SAMPLERS AND CONTINUOUS ANALYZERS
WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY WHILE PRECISION AND ACCURACY REPORTING DROPPED
SUBSTANTIALLY (ABOUT 20%). THIS MEASURE WILL NOT BE TRACKED IN
SPMS IN FY 1987.
O REGION I WAS THE ONLY STRONG PERFORMER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH
RATES OVER 90% FOR ALL THREE CATEGORIES.
PMto MONITORING NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
o OAR TRACKED EFFORTS TO OPERATIONALIZE PM MONITORS IN FY 1986.
- 92% OF THE 662 EPA SUPPLIED SAMPLERS (612) ARE IN OPERATION.
- A TOTAL OF 872 PMi MONITORS ARE NOW IN OPERATION.
REPLACEMENT OF CO AND OZONE MONITORS
O THE REGIONS COMMITTED IN FY 1986 TO HAVE STATES REPLACE 118 CO
MONITORS AND 134 OZONE ANLAYZERS.
o NATIONALLY 89 (75%) OF THE TARGETED CO MONITORS AND 105 (78%)
OF THE TARGETED OZONE MONITORS WERE REPLACED.
- FIVE REGIONS (II, III, V, VII AND X) MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS .
- REGION IX HAD THE LARGEST SHORTFALL REPLACING ONLY 5 OF 44.
OAR REPORTS THE SHORTFALL WAS DUE TO DELAYS IN THE GRANT
FUNDING PROCESS.
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PERCENT OF NAMS DATA REPORTED
As Of September 30,1986
100-p*
75-
50-
60AL
25-
to
o*
II III IV
VI VII VIII IX
REGIONS
LEGEND
NATIONAL
AVERAGES
NAMS DATA FROM CONTINUOUS ANALYZERS
NAMS DATA FROM 24 HOUR INTEGRATED SAMPLERS
P * A REPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
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AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
o THE REGIONS AND STATES GENERALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR FY 1986
INSPECTION TARGETS.
- REGION VII WAS NOTABLY BEHIND ITS NSPS TARGET AT 44%.
- REGIONS VII AND VIII WERE NOTABLY BEHIND THEIR NESHAP TARGETS AT
44% AND 50%, RESPECTIVELY.
o COMPLIANCE RATES FOR CLASS Al SIPS DROPPED SLIGHTLY FROM 90% TO 89%,
COMPLIANCE RATES FOR NSPS AND NESHAP REMAIN STEADY AT 90% AND 87%.
NOTE: INSPECTION DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS
AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
As Of September 30,1986
Inspection Levels For Class A1 SIP, NSPS & NESHAP
129-,
125+
TARGET
REGIONS'
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PROGRESS IN RETURNING SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
O IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS AND STATES ACHIEVED 106% OF THEIR TARGET,
ADDRESSING 366 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS AGAINST A TARGET OF 346.
- REGIONS VIII AND X WERE BEHIND TARGET AT 78% AND 80%, RESPECTIVELY.
- REGION IX WAS NOTABLY (15% OR MORE) AHEAD OF TARGET AT 136%.
O THE DISTRIBUTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF THE 647 SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATORS IN THE FIXED BASE WAS AS FOLLOWS:
- 241 (37%) RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE;
- 120 (19%) ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES;
- 148 (23%) ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED; AND,
- 138 (21%) PENDING.
o IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS AND STATES IDENTIFIED 472 NEW SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATORS. LAST YEAR 568 VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED.
o OF THE 472 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IDENTIFIED, 89 RETURNED TO
COMPLIANCE, 41 ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES AND 342 REMAIN UNADDRESSED.
-9.fi-
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PROGRESS IN RETURNING SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30,1986
REDUCTION OF FIXED BASE
PENDING AS OF OCTOBER 31,1985
700
•00
500
400
300 H
200
100
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BOY 1 2 3
QUARTERS
CO
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LEGEND
CD IN COMPLIANCE
OH ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES
£2 ENFORCEMENT ACTION
•I PENDING
500
400-
300-
ttRGCT
RESPONSE TO NEW VIOLATIONS
(DYNAMIC BASE)
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AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
o IN PY 1986, EPA ISSUED 123 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, COMPARED TO 100
LAST YEAR. THE STATES ISSUED 571 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS.
o THE REGIONS REFERRED 112 CIVIL CASES, COMPARED TO 85 LAST YEAR.
THE STATES ISSUED 162 JUDICIAL REFERRALS.
o THREE CRIMINAL ACTIONS WERE REFERRED THIS YEAR.
NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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500-
400
300-
200
too-
AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30,1986
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
2 3
QUARTERS
180-1
LEGEND
0 STATES
EPA
QVIL REFERRALS
-29-
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AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
o THE CLASS A SIP AND NESHAP COMPLIANCE RATES FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES
REMAINED STEADY ALL YEAR AT 89% AND 81%, RESPECTIVELY.
o THE NSPS COMPLIANCE RATE FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES IS 100%.
o THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED SEVEN FEDERAL FACILITIES AS SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATORS AT THE BOY. ONLY ONE OF THESE SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WAS
ADDRESSED IN FY 1986 FOR 20% OF TARGET.
o NO NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING FY 1986.
-30-
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100
AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30,1986
COMPLIANCE RATES
234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
G2 CUSS A1 SIP
•I NSW
QBNCSHAP
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
TAWCT
BOY 1 23
QUARTERS
LEGEND
OH ADDRESSED
• KNDD40
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ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY
O IN FY 1986, EPA AND THE STATES RECEIVED 27,924 NOTIFICATIONS OF
ASBESTOS DEMOLITION.
O THE REGIONS AND THE STATES CONDUCTED 13,505 INSPECTIONS AND DISCOVERED
2,116 VIOLATIONS.
O EPA ISSUED 57 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND REFERRED 28 CIVIL ACTIONS
AND THE STATES ISSUED 123 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND 26 REFERRALS.
NOTE: (1) THIS DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
(2) REGION IX DID NOT SUBMIT FOURTH QUARTER DATA.
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19000
MOOO
MOO
ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY
As Of June 30,1986
NUMBER
OF
NOTIFICATIONS
NUMBER
OF
INSPECTIONS
NUMBER
OF
VIOLATIONS
-33-
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OFFICE OF WATER
-35-
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OFFICE OF WATER
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o OVERALL, THE FY 1986 PERFORMANCE OF THE OFFICE OF WATER WAS
GOOD IN BOTH ENFORCEMENT AND NON-ENFORCEMENT AREAS.
o OW ACHIEVED GREATER THAN NINETY PERCENT OF ITS NATIONAL END-OF-
YEAR COMMITMENTS FOR ALL MEASURES, EXCEPT:
— THE INCORPORATION OF NARRATIVE CRITERIA FOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS
INTO STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
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STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
NUMERICAL CRITERIA
FOURTEEN STATES, IN FIVE REGIONS, WERE SCHEDULED TO INCORPORATE NEW
OR REVISED NUMERICAL CRITERIA FOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO EPA-APPROVED
STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (WQS.) BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ALL
14 MET THEIR TARGET.
NARRATIVE CRITERIA
o SIXTEEN STATES, IN FOUR REGIONS, WERE SCHEDULED TO INCORPORATE NEW
OR REVISED NARRATIVE CRITERIA FOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO EPA-APPROVED
STATE WQS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. TEN STATES WERE SUCCESSFUL, FOR
63% OF TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS V AND VII MET THEIR TARGETS.
- ONE STATE IN REGIONS I AND FIVE STATES IN REGION VI MISSED
THEIR TARGETS.
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As Of September 30,1986
NUMERIC
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
NARRATIVE
QUARTERS
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TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS FOR TOXIC AND CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANTS
TOXICS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO DEVELOP
835 TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDLs) TO CONTROL TOXIC POLLUTANT
DISCHARGES IN ORDER TO MEET WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. THE REGIONS
COMMITTED TO COMPLETING 155 TMDLs IN FY 1986.
O THE REGIONS AND THE STATES HAVE COMPLETED 271, OR 175%, OF THE TMDLs
FOR TOXICS SCHEDULED THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER. ALL EIGHT REGIONS
SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE TMDLs MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
CONVENTI.ONALS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO
DEVELOP 1,286 TMDLS TO CONTROL CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGES IN
ORDER TO MEET WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. THE REGIONS COMMITTED TO
COMPLETING 300 TMDLs FOR CONVENTIONALS IN FY 1986.
O THE REGIONS AND STATES HAVE COMPLETED 363, OR 121%, OF THE TMDLs FOR
CONVENTIONALS SCHEDULED THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF REGION V, ALL REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
-40-
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TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS FOR TOXIC AND CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANTS
As Of September 30,1986
300-1
TOXICS
1 2 3
QUARTERS
400-
LEGEND
NUMBER OF TMOLS NEEDED
835
CONVENTIONALS
1 2 3
QUARTERS
1286
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STATE NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
O THE STATES WERE SCHEDULED TO DEVELOP 29 STATE NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE PROGRAMS WERE TO BE DEVELOPED
OR UPDATED CONSISTENT WITH WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AND
EPA'S NONPOINT SOURCE STRATEGY.
O NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE DEVELOPED OR UPDATED 32, OR 110%, OF THE
PROGRAMS TARGETED THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER. STATES SCHEDULED TO
TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR REGIONAL
TARGETS.
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STATE NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
As Of September 30, 1986
QUARTERS
LEGEND
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INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY EPA
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS REISSUED 231 PEMITS, ACHIEVING 120% OF ITS END-OF-
YEAR TARGET.
- REGIONS I, IV, VI, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS II, III AND VIII MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY THE DELEGATED STATES
O NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE REISSUED 458 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 92% OF
THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, VII, AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS I, II, III, V, VIII AND X MISSED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
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INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING
As Of September 30,1986
EPA
QUARTERS
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MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY EPA
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS REISSUED 192 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 94% OF ITS END-OF-
YEAR TARGET.
- REGIONS II, III, IV, VI AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS I, VIII AND X MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY THE DELEGATED STATES
O NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE REISSUED 504 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 95% OF
THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS III, IV AND VII MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS I, II, V, VIII, IX AND X MISSED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
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180-
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90
60
30-
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MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING
As Of September 30,1986
EPA
QUARTERS
(£>
.Op NUMBER WHICH HAVE EXPIRED
» OR WILL EXPIRE BY:
W EOY 85
O EOY 66
115
279
600-
500-
400-
3001
200-
100-
I
4
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LEGEND
• ACTUAL
STATES
1 2
QUARTERS
355
878
-47-
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NPDES SIGNIFICANT MINOR REPERMITTING BY EPA
O OW COMMITTED TO REISSUING 626 SIGNIFICANT MINOR PERMITS BY THE END
OF FY 1986.
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS REISSUED 956 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 153% OF ITS
FOURTH QUARTER TARGET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION VIII, ALL REGIONS
ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGET.
NPDES SIGNIFICANT MINOR REPERMITTING BY THE DELEGATED STATES
O THE DELEGATED STATES COMMITTED TO REISSUING 2209 SIGNIFICANT MINOR
PERMITS BY THE END OF FY 1986.
o NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE REISSUED 7,539 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 341%
OF THEIR FOURTH QUARTER TARGET. THE STATES IN ALL REGIONS EXCEEDED
THEIR REGIONAL TARGET.
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NPDES SIGNIFICANT MINOR PERMITS
As Of September 30,1986
EPA
STATES
1000-1
800-
600-
m *oo
ID
200-
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10
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1 2 3
QUARTERS
BOOO-i
6000-
4000-
2000-
1 2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
•ABSK.
• ACTUAL
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RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS
o AT THE START OF FY 1986, 170 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS WERE
PENDING. BY THE END OF THE YEAR EPA HAD PLANNED TO RESOLVE 35 AND
THE DELEGATED STATES HAD PLANNED TO RESOLVE 45.
EPA
o NATIONALLY, EPA HAS RESOLVED 63 HEARING REQUESTS, ACHIEVING 180% OF
ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET. ALL FIVE REGIONS SCHEDULED TO ACT ON THESE
REQUESTS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
DELEGATED STATES
o THE DELEGATED STATES HAVE RESOLVED 46 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS,
ACHIEVING 102% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET. OF THE STATES SCHEDULED
TO ACT ON THESE REQUESTS, THE STATES IN REGIONS II, IV AND V MET THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS. THE STATES IN REGION VIII MISSED THEIR REGIONAL
TARGET.
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RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS REQUESTS
As Of September 30,1986
EPA
1 2
QUARTERS
NUMBER OF REQUESTS
PENDING AT
BEGINNING OF YR.
51
~
4
49-i
42-
35-
LEGEND
• TARGET
ilt*ii«iitn»l
• ACTUAL
STATES
1 2 3
QUARTERS
119
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301(h) OCEAN DISCHARGE_PERMITS
o NINETY OF THE ORIGINAL 208 301(h) APPLICATIONS WERE PENDING AT THE
BEGINNING OF FY 1986.
O FORTY-ONE APPLICATIONS REMAINED AT THE CLOSED OF THE FOURTH QUARTER
AFTER:
- 26 FINAL DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE AND
- 23 APPLICATIONS WERE WITHDRAWN.
o NATIONALLY, EPA ISSUED 49 FINAL PERMITS THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER
AGAINST A TARGET OF 37. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION I, ALL REGIONS
MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
o NATIONALLY, EPA MADE 25 INITIAL DECISIONS, ACHIEVING 96% OF ITS FOURTH
QUARTER TARGET OF 26. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION II, ALL REGIONS
SCHEDULED TO MAKE INITIAL DECISIONS MET THEIR TARGETS.
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301(H) OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMITS
As Of September 30,1986
tO
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DC
LU
CD
ID
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
ACTUAL
INITIAL DCCISION TARGET
PERMIT TARGET
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MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM APPROVALS
AT THE START OF FY 1986, OW IDENTIFIED 143 MUNICIPALITIES NEEDING
APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS. DURING THE YEAR, IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT THREE OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES NO LONGER NEEDED PROGRAMS,LEAVING
140 FOR APPROVAL. REGIONS VII, IX AND X DID NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES
REQUIRING APPROVAL IN FY 1986.
EPA
O NATIONALLY, EPA APPROVED 78 PROGRAMS AND REFERRED SEVEN, ACHIEVING
94% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
- REGION II, III, IV, V AND VI MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS I AND VIII MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
DELEGATED STATES
o NATIONALLY, THE STATES APPROVED 45 PROGRAMS AND REFERRED TWO,
ACHIEVING 94% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS I, II, III AND IV MET THEIR REGIONAL TARGETS
- THE STATES IN REGION V MISSED THEIR REGIONAL TARGET.
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MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT
PROGRAM APPROVALS
As Of September 30,1986
123
QUARTERS
U»l
5
PROGRAM APPROVALS
PROGRAM REFERRALS
78
7
50-
40-
30"
20-
LEGEND
STATES
123
QUARTERS
45
2
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MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS
O AT THE START OF FY 1986, OW AND THE DELEGATED STATES PLANNED TO CONDUCT
318 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
O EPA AND THE DELEGATED STATES CONDUCTED 359 AUDITS FOR 113% OF THEIR
END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
EPA
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS AUDITED 160 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS,
ACHIEVING 118% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET. ALL REGIONS ESSENTIALLY
MET THEIR TARGETS.
DELEGATED STATES
O NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE AUDITED 198 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS,
ACHIEVING 108% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGETS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
REGION X, THE STATES IN ALL REGIONS ESSENTIALLY MET THEIR REGIONAL
TARGETS.
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MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT AUDITS
As Of September 30,1986
EPA
STATES
180 n
tO
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1 2 3
QUARTERS
200-1
175-
150-
LEGEND
•JMitt.
•ACTJM
1 2 3
QUARTERS
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MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
O THE INTERIM GOAL OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICY WAS TO PLACE ALL NONCOMPLYING
MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES BY THE END OF FY 1985.
NOT HAVING MET THAT GOAL, EPA'S GOAL FOR FY 198fi WAS TO PLACE ALL
NONCOMPLYING MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND SOME OF THE MINORS ON
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES.
MAJOR FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
O OW AND THE STATES COMMITTED TO PLACING 422 OF THE 445 NONCOMPLYING
MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION ON ENFORCEABLE
SCHEDULES WHICH REFLECT MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLANS IN FY 1986.
O NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE INCORPORATED 388 PLANS INTO
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES AND REFERRED 61 NONCOMPLYING FACILITIES,
ACHIEVING 106% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET:
- REGIONS I, II, III, VI, VIII AND IX ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED
THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS IV, V, VII, AND X MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
MAJOR FACILITIES REQUIRING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FIXES
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986, OW AND THE STATES IDENTIFIED 56 NONCOMPLYING
MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
FIXES AS NEEDING ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES.
O NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE PLACED 132 MAJOR FACILITIES ON
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES AND REFERRED FIVE, ACHIEVING 245% THEIR END-OF-
YEAR TARGET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION V, ALL REGIONS MET THEIR
TARGETS.
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MAJOR FACILITIES
As of September 30,1986
MAJOR FACILITIES MAJOR FACILITIES
REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION _ .,„ REQUIRING OftM FIXES
1 2
QUARTERS
NUMBER OF FACILITIES
NEEDING ENFORCE-
ABLE SCHEDULES
150"
100-
50-
LEGEND
• TARCETM>
•ACTUAL'
445
1 2 3
QUARTERS
58
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MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
MINOR FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
O AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OW AND THE STATES COMMITTED TO PLACING
555 OF THE 3,361 NONCOMPLYING MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING
CONSTRUCTION ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES WHICH REFLECT MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE
PLANS IN FY 1986.
O NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE INCORPORATED 762 PLANS INTO ENFORCEABLE
SCHEDULES AND REFERRED 23 NONCOMPLYING FACILITIES, ACHIEVING 141% OF
THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGIONS VII AND X,
ALL REGIONS ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
MINOR FACILITIES REQUIRING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FIXES
O OW AND THE STATES COMMITTED TO PLACING 76 OF THE NONCOMPLYING MINOR
MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FIXES ON
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES IN FY 1986.
O NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE PLACED 99 MINOR FACILITIES ON
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES AND REFERRED THREE, ACHIEVING 133% OF THEIR
END-OF-YEAR TARGET:
- REGIONS II IV, VI AND IX EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS I, III, V, VII, VIII AND X MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
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MINOR FACILITIES
As of September 30,1986
MINOR FACILITIES MINOR FACILITIES
REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION _ REQUIRING O&M FIXES
2
QUARTERS
—r
3
3,361
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100-
801
60-
40-
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LEGEND
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1 2 3
QUARTERS
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS OUTLAYS
O NATIONALLY, OUTLAYS WERE 105% OF THE END-OF-YEAR COMMITMENT, WITHIN
THE EXPECTED RANGE OF + 5% OF TARGET.
- REGIONS II, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX AND X ACHIEVED THEIR TARGETS
WITHIN THE + 5% WINDOW.
- REGIONS I, III AND VII EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS AND THE + 5% WINDOW,
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As Of September 30,1986
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986, THERE WERE 767 BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLETIONS. EPA AND THE STATES HAD PLANNED TO COMPLETE 397 OR 52%
OF THESE DURING THE YEAR.
O NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 96% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET FOR BACK-
LOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS.
- REGIONS III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
- REGIONS I, II AND V MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION
O NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 112% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET FOR PROJECTS
INITIATING OPERATION. ALL REGIONS ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
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CONSTRUCTIONS GRANTS BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLETIONS AND PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION
As Of September 30, 1986
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS
1 2 3
QUARTERS
1000-i
800-
LEGEND
PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION
1 2
QUARTERS
-65-
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986, OW COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING 480 OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS (OMEs) OF COMPLETED MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES
DURING THE YEAR.
O NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS AND STATES HAVE CONDUCTED 720 OMEs, ACHIEVING
150% OF TARGET.
o ALL REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
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240-
120-
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS
As Of September 30,1986
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
•I45SK.
•ACTUAL
i
4
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NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
o NINETY-THREE PERCENT OF THE 3,730 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HAVE
COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
WHILE SEVEN PERCENT NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS REMAINED STEADY
AT 92%:
- 7% WERE IN SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
- 1% WERE IN SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS
REGIONS II, IV, VI, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES
OF 92% OR BETTER.
o SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE 3,697 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES HAVE
COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
WHILE 32% NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS INCREASED TO
85% COMPARED TO 84% LAST QUARTER:
- 7% WERE IN SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
- 8% WERE IN SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS
REGIONS II, III, IV, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES
OF 85% OR BETTER.
NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS COMPLIANCE STATUS OF FACILITIES NOT IN SIGNIFI-
CANT NONCOMPLIANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1986.
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NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
As Of September 30,1986
MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
MAJOR MUNICIPALS
PERCENT LEGEND PERCENT
1X CD SNC WITH CS/1EL 8X
7% •§ SNC WITH PEL ' 7X
5X 83 NOT IN SNC WITH CS/ICL 29X
•7X O NOT IN SNC WITH FEL (OX
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RESPONDING TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
EXCEPTIONS REPORT
o THE NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SNC FOR
TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED OR RETURNED
TO COMPLIANCE REMAINS AT FOUR PERCENT. THIRTY-ONE FACILITIES HAVE
BEEN ON THE LIST FOR A YEAR OR MORE.
- FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS, 86 FACILITIES WERE CARRIED OVER FROM THE
LAST QUARTER. THIRTY-ONE HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 15 HAVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 40 PLUS 57 NEW
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE
PENDING BALANCE 97. THERE ARE 3,730 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS, AND
THREE PERCENT ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTION LIST, AN INCREASE OF
ONE PERCENT FROM LAST QUARTER.
REGIONS III, V, VIII, IX AND X HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR A YEAR OR MORE. TWELVE ARE
IN REGION III.
- FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS, 170 FACILITIES WERE CARRIED OVER FROM THE
LAST QUARTER. FIFTY-EIGHT HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 38
HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 74 PLUS 123 NEW
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE
PENDING BALANCE OF 197. THERE ARE 3,697 MAJOR MUNICIPALS, AND
FIVE PERCENT ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, THE SAME AS
LAST QUARTER.
REGIONS I, III, IV, VI, VIII AND IX HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 MUNICIPAL
FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR A YEAR OR MORE.
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RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPUANCE
EXCEPTIONS REPORT
As Of September 30,1986
MAJOR
INDUSTRIALS
200-
MAJOR
MUNICIPALS
LEGEND
EH SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
•I SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
o IN FY 1986, EPA ISSUED 992 AOs, COMPARED TO 981 LAST YEAR. THE
STATES ISSUED 2,918 AOs, COMPARED TO 3,027 LAST YEAR.
o NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS REFERRED 107 CIVIL CASES, COMPARED TO 118
LAST YEAR. THE STATES REFERRED 226 CIVIL CASES TO THE STATE ATTOR-
NEYS GENERAL COMPARED TO 137 LAST YEAR. THERE WERE 76 CIVIL REFER-
RALS FILED IN STATE COURTS.
- FOR THE YEAR, REGIONS V AND VI EACH HAD 19 REFERRALS AND REGION X
HAD 16.
o NATIONALLY, THERE WERE 15 EPA CRIMINAL REFERRALS IN FY 1986. THE
STATES FILED TWO CRIMINAL CASES IN THEIR COURTS.
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3000-1
2700
2400-
2100-
1800-
1500-
1200
900
600-
300-
0
NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30,1986
ADMINISTRATIVE: ORDERS
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
•I EPA
Q3 STATES
CIVIL REFERRALS
-73-
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STATUS OF EPA NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
O THE REGIONS HAD 124 ACTIVE CWA CONSENT DECREES. OF THIS NUMBER,
69% (85) WERE IN FULL COMPLIANCE; 27% (34) WERE IN NONCOMPLIANCE
WITH ACTION TAKEN OR PLANNED, AND 4% (5) WERE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
NO ACTION TAKEN OR PLANNED.
O THE REGIONS CLOSED OUT 208 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS IN FY 1986 MISSING
THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 218.
- REGIONS II, III, IV, V AND IX MET THEIR TARGETS, ACHIEVING 100%.
- REGIONS I, VI, VII, VIII AND X MISSED THEIR TARGETS, ACHIEVING
67%, 95%, 50%, 96% AND 0%, RESPECTIVELY.
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STATUS OF NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
(EPA ONLO
As Of September 30,1986
CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE
250-
200-
4.0%
u>
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LEGEND
% NON COMPLIANCE, NO ACTION PLANNED
•i X NON COMPLIANCE. WITH ACTION PLANNED
CD X IN COMPLIANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
CLOSE OUT
BOY 1 234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
CD | OF AO'S CLOSED OUT
•i I OF AO'S OPEN
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STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES
o EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE 157 MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE COMPLETED
THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS WHILE 12%
NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
o THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES INCREASED
FROM 82% IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER TO 83% THIS QUARTER.
- 13% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
- 4% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/
INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS.
REGIONS I, II, III, IV, VIII AND IX HAD COMPLIANCE RATES OF 82% OR
BETTER.
*
o FOR MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, EIGHT FACILI-
TIES WERE CARRIED OVER FROM THE LAST QUARTER. ONE HAS RETURNED TO
COMPLIANCE AND THREE HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAIN-
ING FOUR PLUS THREE NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT
CONSTITUTE THE PENDING BALANCE OF SEVEN FACILITIES. FOUR PERCENT OF
ALL MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT A
DECREASE FROM SIX PERCENT LAST QUARTER.
- REGIONS III AND V EACH HAVE A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN IN SNC FOR
A YEAR OR MORE.
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STATUS OF
MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30,1986
COMPLIANCE STATUS
RESPONSE TO NEW VIOLATIONS
DYNAMIC BASE
9.0%
4.0X
to
u
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LEGEND
•I SNC WITH FEL
CM SNC WITH CS/lEL
EC! NOT IN SNC WITH CS/ICL
C3 NOT IN SNC WITH FEL
LEGEND
CH SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
•1 SNC MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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NPDES PRETREATMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
o IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS CONDUCTED 573 PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS
AGAINST A TARGET OF 268 OR 214% OF THE TARGET. THE STATES CONDUCTED
1,198 INSPECTIONS AGAINST A TARGET OF 704 OR 170% OF THE TARGET.
- ALL REGIONS EXCEPT V AND IX MET THEIR TARGETS.
- ALL EXCEPT THE STATES IN REGIONS II, IX AND X MET THEIR TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGION VI AND VIII DID NOT HAVE ANY TARGETS.
O THE REGIONS ISSUED 123 AOs AND REFERRED 24 CASES TO HEADQUARTERS
FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS. LAST YEAR THEY ISSUED 68 AOs AND
REFERRED 54 CASES FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS.
O THE STATES ISSUED 93 AOs AND REFERRED 16 CIVIL CASES TO STATE ATTOR-
NEYS GENERAL FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS. LAST YEAR THE STATES
ISSUED 94 AOs AND REFERRED 22 CIVIL CASES FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS.
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NPDES PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS
As Of September 30,1986
"125+
TARGET
NATti
LEVELS
REGION^
LEGEND
• EPA
E2 STATES
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UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES REVIEWED BY EPA
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO REVIEW 20,237 EXISTING
CLASS II, OIL AND GAS WELL, PERMIT FILES IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
O DURING FY 1985 AND FY 1986, OW REVIEWED A TOTAL OF 7,811 FILES,
LEAVING 12,426 FOR REVIEW IN THE REMAINING THREE YEARS.
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS REVIEWED 4,509 FILES, ACHIEVING 154% OF ITS END-
OF-YEAR QUARTER TARGET. ALL SIX REGIONS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW FILES
MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES REVIEWED BY THE PRIMACY STATES
O THE PRIMACY STATES TARGETED 16,232 CLASS II FILES FOR REVIEW IN FY 1986
(THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PRIMACY STATE DATA HAS BEEN TRACKED
QUARTERLY. DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
o NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE REVIEWED 15,329 FILES, ACHIEVING
141% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, V, VI, VII, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED
THEIR REGIONAL TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS III AND VIII MISSED THEIR REGIONAL TARGET.
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1000-
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EPA
UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES
As Of September 30,1986
1 2 3
QUARTERS
5-YEAR WORKLOAD: 20,257
AS OF BOY 1965
51
18000-
15750-
13500
11250
9000-
6750-
4500-
2250-
0-tt
LEGEND
•TARGET
tl*4ltt«tll«l*
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STATES
1 2 3
QUARTERS
119
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UIC PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY EPA
CLASS I - DEEP WELLS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO MAKE PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
FOR 69 EXISTING CLASS I UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELLS OVER A FIVE-YEAR
PERIOD. AT THE CLOSE OF FY 1986, OW HAS ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE WORKLOAD
OF EXISTING WELLS, HAVING MADE 73 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS ON EXISTING
CLASS I WELLS.
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS MADE 48 DETERMINATIONS, FOR 94% OF ITS END-OF-
YEAR TARGET. THIRTY-EIGHT WERE FOR EXISTING WELLS AND TEN FOR NEW
WELLS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION X, ALL FOUR REGIONS SCHEDULED
TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS MET THEIR TARGETS.
PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE PRIMACY STATES
CLASS I - DEEP WELLS
O THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO MAKE 74 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR
NEW AND EXISTING CLASS I WELLS IN FY 1986. (THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
THAT THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE BEEN TRACKED QUARTERLY. DATA FOR
THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE MADE 55 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS,
ACHIEVING 110% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET. FORTY-THREE DETERMINATIONS
WERE FOR EXISTING WELLS AND 12 WERE FOR NEW WELLS.
- THE STATES IN REGION VI EXCEEDED THEIR REGIONAL TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, V AND VIII MISSED THEIR REGIONAL TARGETS.
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UIC CUSS 1 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
(Existing and New)
As of September 30, 1986
EPA STATES
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0 CLASS 1: 69
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UIC PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY EPA
CLASS II, III AND V WELLS
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO MAKE PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
FOR 1,210 EXISTING CLASS II OIL-AND-GAS-RELATED SALT WATER DISPOSAL
(SWD) WELLS AND 31 CLASS III EXTRACTION WELLS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD,
AT THE CLOSE OF FY 1987, A TOTAL OF 970 CLASS II AND 21 CLASS III
WELLS REMAIN TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE NEXT 3 YEARS.
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS MADE 598 DETERMINATIONS AGAINST A TARGET OF 609,
ACHIEVING 98% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET. 99% OF THESE DETERMINATIONS
WERE FOR CLASS II WELLS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION II, VI AND
VIII, ALL REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
O OF THE 598 DETERMINATIONS MADE:
- 178, OR 30%, WERE FOR EXISTING WELLS (176 CLASS Us AND TWO
CLASS III.)
- 420, OR 70%, WERE FOR NEW WELLS (417 CLASS Us, ONE CLASS
III AND TWO CLASS Vs.)
UIC PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE PRIMACY STATES
CLASS II, III AND V WELLS
O THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO MAKE 6,467 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR
NEW AND EXISTING CLASS II, III AND V WELLS IN FY 1986. (THIS IS
THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE BEEN TRACKED.QUARTERLY.
DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE MADE 6,002 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
AGAINST A TARGET OF 4,271, ACHIEVING 140% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER
TARGET. 92% OF THESE DETERMINATIONS WERE FOR CLASS II WELLS. WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF REGION VIII, THE PRIMACY STATES IN ALL REGIONS MET
OR EXCEEDED THEIR REGIONAL TARGETS.
o OF THE 6,002 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE:
- 399, OR 7%, WERE FOR EXISTING WELLS. (172 CLASS Us, 88 Ills,
139 Vs)
- 5,603, OR 93%, WERE FOR NEW WELLS. (5,356 CLASS Us, 36 Ills,
211 Vs)
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100-
UIC CLASS II, III AND V PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
(Existing and New)
As of September 30,1986
EPA
6600-
5500-
4400-
3300-
2200-
1100-
2
O
1
2
QUARTERS
5-YEAR WORKLOAD FOR EXISTING WELLS
(AS OF BOY 1985)
CLASS II: 1,210
CLASS III: 31
LEGEND
STATES
1 2
QUARTERS
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UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS WITNESSED BY EPA
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO WITNESS THE MECHANICAL
INTEGRITY TESTING OF 20,237 EXISTING CLASS II, OIL AND GAS, UNDERGROUND
INJECTION WELLS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. AT THE CLOSE OF FY 1986,
13,795 WELLS REMAIN TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
O NATIONALLY, EPA HAS WITNESSED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING OF
3,374 WELLS, ACHIEVING 137% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET. ALL REGIONS
MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING BY THE PRIMACY STATES
O THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO WITNESS THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING
OF 30,883 EXISTING CLASS II WELLS IN FY 1986. (THIS IS THE FIRST
YEAR THAT PRIMACY STATES HAVE BEEN TRACKED QUARTERLY. DATA FOR THIS
MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES HAVE WITNESSED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY
TESTING OF 21,690 WELLS, ACHIEVING 108% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS V, VI, VII AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS III, IV AND VIII MISSED THEIR REGIONAL
TARGETS.
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UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS
As Of Sepiember 30, 1986
EPA STATES
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LEGEND
• TARGET
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UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT
o THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR THE 569 MAJOR WELLS (CLASS I) WAS
92%.
o FOR THE FIXED BASE OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, THE REGIONS MISSED
THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET BY RETURNING 21 OF 23 MAJOR WELLS TO
COMPLIANCE. REGIONS IV, V AND VI HAD WELLS ON THE FIXED BASE.
- REGIONS IV AND VI MET THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGETS.
O FOR THE DYNAMIC BASE, 28 NEW MAJOR WELL VIOLATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED
IN FY 1986. TWENTY-FOUR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE, THE STATES TOOK
ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THREE, AND ONE IS PENDING.
o BOTH EPA AND THE STATES FAR EXCEEDED THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGETS FOR
CONDUCTING FIELD INSPECTIONS.
- EPA CONDUCTED 4,124 FIELD INSPECTIONS AGAINST A TARGET OF 1,752
FOR 235% OF TARGET.
- THE STATES CONDUCTED 40,675 AGAINST A TARGET OF 21,351 FOR 190%
OF TARGET.
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UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT
PROGRESS IN REDUCING SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPUANCE
As Of September 30,1986
Reduction of Fixed Base
UNGC1
BOY 1 2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
CD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE
(23 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN
•I PENDING
Response to New Violations
Dynamic Base
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COMMUNITY SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE STATUS
o NATIONALLY. FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1986, THE PROGRAM
ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED END-OF-YEAR COMPLIANCE TARGETS FOR
MICROBIOLOGICAL AND TURBIDITY MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS (MCLs) AND
MONITORING AND REPORTING (M/R) REQUIREMENTS.
o OF 59,245 COMMUNITY SYSTEMS 1.1% WERE PERSISTENT VIOLATORS OF MICRO-
BIOLOGICAL MCL'S. THE NATIONAL GOAL IS TO HAVE LESS THAN 1.5% IN
PERSISTENT VIOLATION. OF THE 59,245 SYSTEMS 5.3% WERE PERSISTENT
VIOLATORS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND REPORTING (M/R) REQUIRE-
MENTS AGAINST A TARGET OF LESS THAN 6.2%.
o OF 11,434 COMMUNITY SURFACE SYSTEMS 2.5% WERE PERSISTENT VIOLATORS
OF TURBIDITY MCLs. THE GOAL IS LESS THAN 4.8%. OF THE 11,434
SYSTEMS 10.2% WERE PERSISTENT VIOLATORS OF TURBIDITY M/R REQUIREMENTS
AGAINST A TARGET OF LESS THAN 9.9%.
O FOR TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANE REQUIREMENTS, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF
3,193 SYSTEMS WERE PERSISTENT VIOLATORS OF MCLs, AND 3.5 PERCENT
OF THE 3,190 SYSTEMS WERE PERSISTENT VIOLATORS OF M/R REQUIREMENTS.
o THE REGIONS CONDUCTED 460 SANITARY SURVEYS AGAINST A TARGET OF 185
OR 249% OF TARGET. THE STATES CONDUCTED 18,900 AGAINST A TARGET OF
13,307 OR 142% OF TARGET.
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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE STATUS
As Of March 31,1986
MICROBIOLOGICAL
MCL
99.0%
M/R
95.0%
40
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98.0%
TURBIDITY
Ma
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2.0%
H/1R
90.0%
LEGEND
•ISNC
CD COMPUANCE
10.0%
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OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
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OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OSWER, IN FY 1986, BECOMES THE FIRST AA-SHIP
TO TOTALLY REPORT STATE DATA IN REAL TIME. TO ACCOMMODATE THIS SHIFT,
THERE IS AN EXTRA MONTH'S DATA FOR THE RCRA PROGRAMS IN THIS REPORT.
o THE FIRST HSWA DELEGATION WAS ISSUED TO GEORGIA DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
O 91% OF THE 1538 LDFs INITIALLY SCREENED ARE "ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFI-
CANT". AT THE END OF FY 1986 98% OF THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT PLANS
WERE COMPLETE.
o RCRA PERMITTING NOTICES AND FINAL DETERMINATIONS SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER. MOST OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES AND
FINAL DETERMINATIONS IN THE RCRA PERMITTING PROCESS CONTINUE TO BE
RELATED TO CLOSURE PLANS.
o THE RCRA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE AT LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES. AS OF SEPTEMBER
30, 42% HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND ONLY 2% OF THE 792 BOY SNCs WERE
UNADDRESSED.
o THE REGIONS SIGNED 62 RODs/EDDs IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. IN FY 1986,
84 RODs/EDDs WERE SIGNED AT NPL SITES.
O THE PACE OF SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT REFERRALS UNDER SECTIONS 106 AND
107 MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
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RCRA STATE AUTHORIZATION
o IN FY 1986, 14 STATES HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MANAGE THE PRE-HSWA
PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, DURING FOURTH QUARTER GEORGIA BECAME THE FIRST
STATE TO RECEIVE HSWA AUTHORIZATION.
o FIFTEEN STATES AND TERRITORIES DO NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO MANAGE
THE PROGRAM.
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§
DELEGATION STATUS OF RCRA - FINAL AUTHORIZATION
As Of September 30,1986
LEGEND
I I NONE a
0«AFT STACC 7
AUTHORIZED 41
TOTAL 56
IV
V VI VII VIII IX
REGIONS
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RCRA FACILITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING
THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984 REQUIRE EPA AND THE
STATES TO PERMIT ALL ACTIVE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (LDFs) BY NOVEMBER
1988. IN ADDITION, EPA AND THE STATES MUST REVIEW CLOSURE PLANS AND
CLEAN CLOSURE CERTIFICATIONS FOR ALL LDFs. THIS MEASURE TRACKS INITIAL
SCREENS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT LDFs,
WHETHER ACTIVE OR CLOSED. ONCE IDENTIFIED AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT,
A FACILITY MANAGEMENT PLAN (FMP) IS PREPARED TO ENSURE COORDINATION AND
JOINT PLANNING BETWEEN STATE AND REGIONAL PERMITTING, ENFORCEMENT,
SUPERFUND AND OTHER APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL. THE FMPs ARE USED TO IDENTIFY
PRIORITIES FOR PERMITTING ACTIVITIES.
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1986 EPA TARGETED ALL OF THE ESTIMATED 1,456
LDFs FOR INITIAL SCREENS TO BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 31, 1986. AT
THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER THE REGIONS REPORT THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY
1,559 RCRA REGULATED LDFs WHICH REQUIRE INITIAL SCREENS. THE
REGIONS AND STATES HAVE COMPLETED 1,538 INITIAL SCREENS, 106% OF
THE ORIGINAL TARGET.
o 1,393 LDFs, OR 91% OF THOSE INITIALLY SCREENED, HAVE BEEN DETERMINED
TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AND REQUIRED FACILITY MANAGEMENT
PLANS TO BE COMPLETE BY JULY 31, 1986. THE REGIONS REPORT 1,365, OR
98% FACILITY MANAGEMENT PLANS HAVE BEEN PREPARED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
1986.
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FACIUTY MANAGEMENT PUNNING
As Of September 30,1986
INITIAL SCREENS
•TARGET
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• ACTUAL
ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT
LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES*
1500-1
1000-
500-
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2
• 'MAHAOtXENT CUM COMPUTES
* FMPs FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT LDFs
WERE TO BE COMPLETE BY 7/31/86.
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GROUND WATER MONITORING ACTIONS
THIS MEASURE TRACKS PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING GROUND WATER MONITORING
SYSTEMS AT LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (LDFs) AND SHOWS INTERIM PROGRESS
AT THE 527 LDFs EXPECTED TO REQUIRE A PERMIT BY NOVEMBER 1988.
o THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 158 GROUND WATER MONITORING
ACTIONS IN FY 1986, AGAINST A TARGET OF 114. 109, OR 69%, OF THESE
ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER. MOST REGIONS EXCEEDED
THEIR TARGETS, WHILE REGIONS I, VII, AND VIII ACHIEVED LESS THAN 80%
OF TARGET.
- 105 LDFs HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH GROUND WATER
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS.
- 31 DETECTION MONITORING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
- 14 COMPLIANCE MONITORING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
- 11 CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES
THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS REQUIRE THAT EVERY HAZARDOUS
WASTE FACILITY INVESTIGATE AND, IF NECESSARY, TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION
AT ALL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS (SWMUs) AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIVING
A PERMIT. THIS MEASURE TRACKS PROGRESS IN COMPLETING CORRECTIVE ACTION
ACTIVITIES (COMPLETING PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT/SITE INSPECTION, APPROVING
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION (RI) PLAN, COMPLETING REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, AND
APPROVING CORRECTIVE MEASURES).
O THE REGIONS AND STATES COMPLETED PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS/SITE INSPEC-
TIONS AT 349 LDFs AND APPROVED 8 REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS. THE COMBINED
NUMBER OF ACTIONS, 357, IS 141% OF THE 253 TARGET. ALL REGIONS MET OR
EXCEEDED THEIR TARGET. 261, OR 73% OF THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
o 107 CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT STORAGE/
TREATMENT OR INCINERATION FACILITIES IN FY 1986.
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RCRA GROUND WATER
MONITORING ACTIONS
As Of September 30,1986
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SOUD WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS
As of September 30,1986
LAND DISPOSAL
FACILITIES
375-
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RCRA PERMITTING
PUBLIC NOTICES
O 615 PUBLIC NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN FY 1986, 333, OR 54%, FOURTH
DURING THE QUARTER. 464, OR 75%, OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES THIS YEAR
HAVE BEEN NOTICES OF CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY.
- 267 PUBLIC NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN FY 1986 FOR LAND DISPOSAL
FACILITIES, ALMOST 56% OF THESE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER. (OF
THESE, 35 DRAFT PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED; 18 NOTICES OF INTENT TO
DENY HAVE BEEN ISSUED; AND 214 NOTICES OF CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY
HAVE BEEN ISSUED).
- 348 DRAFT NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR OTHER TSD FACILITIES:
DRAFT PERMIT
INTENT TO DENY
CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABLE
INCINERATOR
8
2
14
STORAGE/TREATMENT
81
7
236
FINAL DETERMINATIONS
O 446 FINAL DETERMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE DURING FY 1986, 62% OF THESE
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
- 188, OR 42%, OF THE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN FOR LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
(13 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED; 14 PERMITS HAVE BEEN DENIED; AND 161
CLOSURE PLANS APPROVED).
- 258 FINAL DETERMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR OTHER TSD FACILITIES:
INCINERATOR STORAGE/TREATMENT
PERMIT ISSUED
PERMIT DENIED
CLOSURE PLAN APPROVED
9
3
9
151
9
161
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RCRA INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
o FOR EPA, THE RCRA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE END-
OF-YEAR TARGET FOR INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES BY CON-
DUCTING 289 (148%) INSPECTIONS VERSUS A TARGET OF 195.
o STATES CONDUCTED 1,258 (107%) INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILI-
TIES EXCEEDING THE CUMULATIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 1,178.
RCRA INSPECTIONS OF TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
(OTHER THAN LAND DISPOSAL)
o FOR EPA, THE REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR CUMULATIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGET
FOR INSPECTIONS OF TSDF'S BY CONDUCTING 401 (129%) VERSUS A TARGET
OF 312.
o THE STATES CONDUCTED 2,127 (125%) INSPECTIONS UNDER THIS CATEGORY
VERSUS A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF 1,707.
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RCRA INSPECTIONS UNO DISPOSAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30,1986
125+
TARGET
VII VIII IX X
LEGEND
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RCRA - PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
O BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE REGIONS AND STATES WERE TO HAVE ADDRESSED
ALL BUT FOUR OF THE SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIERS ON THE BEGINNING OF
YEAR LIST WITH AT LEAST AN INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AT THE END
OF THE YEAR, 20 SNC's, 16 MORE THAN PROJECTED, REMAINED WITHOUT AN
INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THE REGIONS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
RETURNING SNC's TO COMPLIANCE AND ON PLACING SNC's UNDER FINAL AO's
OR CONSENT DECREES.
O THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 792 SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIERS IN THE FIXED
BASE AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS AS FOLLOWS:
- 331 (42%) RETURNED TO PHYSICAL COMPLIANCE.
- 219 (28%) ARE UNDER A FINAL, EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER,
COURT JUDGMENT OR CONSENT DECREE.
- 222 (28%) RECEIVED AN INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL
COMPLAINT.
- 20 (2%) ARE PENDING.
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RCRA-PROGRESS ON ADDRESSING
LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPUANCE
As Of September 30,1986
Reduction of Fixed Base
(Pending As Of October 1.1985)
800-
700i
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500
400
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RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
o THE EPA REGIONS ISSUED 235 FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO TSDF'S
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
o THE STATES ISSUED 519 FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO TSDF'S
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
CIVIL REFERRALS
o DURING FY 1986, THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED 66 CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER
RCRA, AN ALL-TIME HIGH FOR THE PROGRAM. NINETEEN CIVIL ACTIONS
WERE REFERRED IN FY 1985.
o THE STATES FILED 16 CIVIL ACTIONS IN STATE COURTS THROUGH THE THIRD
QUARTER. EIGHTY-TWO CIVIL ACTIONS WERE FILED BY THE STATES IN
FY 1985.
CRIMINAL REFERRALS
o THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED 20 CRIMINAL ACTIONS UNDER RCRA DURING THE
FISCAL YEAR.
o THE STATES DID NOT REPORT THE FILING OF ANY CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN
STATE COURTS DURING FY 1986.
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As Of September 30,1986
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• EPA
CIVIL REFERRALS
AGAINST TSDPS
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QUARTERS
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SUPERFUND ASSESSMENTS AND INSPECTIONS
O THE REGIONS COMPLETED 107% OF THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS CUMULATIVELY
TARGETED FOR FY 1986. 4,262 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AGAINST A TARGET OF
4,000.
O THE REGIONS HAVE EXCEEDED THE FY 1986 CUMULATIVE TARGET FOR SITE
INSPECTIONS BY 7%. 1,267 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AGAINST A TARGET OF
1,185.
SUPERFUND REMOVAL ACTIONS
(GRAPH) O IN FY 1986, 51 REMOVAL ACTIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED AT NPL SITES (40 OF
THESE ARE FIRST TIME REMOVAL ACTIONS AND 11 ARE ADDITIONAL REMOVAL
ACTIONS AT SITES). 15, OR 29%, OF THE REMOVALS WERE INITIATED BY
PRPs.
O IN FY 1986, 47 NPL SITES WERE STABILIZED VIA A REMOVAL ACTION. 40
OF THESE WERE FUND FINANCED AND 7 WERE FINANCED BY PRPs.
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SUPERFUND-NPL SITE REMOVAL ACTIONS
As Of September 30,1986
ACTIONS STARTED
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SUPERFUND REMEDIAL PROGRAM
FOR FY 1986, SUPERFUND SPMS MEASURES PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION OF
REMEDIAL ACTION AT NPL SITES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER FINANCING IS FROM
THE TRUST FUND OR PRPs. DUE TO LACK OF REAUTHORIZATION, TARGETS FOR
REMEDIAL ACTIVITY MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. PROGRESS OF FUND
FINANCED ACTIVITIES SINCE THE PROGRAM'S START IS NOTED ON THE GRAPH.
NOTED BELOW IS FY 1986 PROGRESS FOR BOTH PRP AND FUND FINANCED REMEDIAL
ACTIVITY.
o AT THE END OF FY 1986, 888 SITES ARE PROPOSED FOR OR ON THE NPL. 185
OF THESE ARE PROPOSED.
O SINCE THE PROGRAM'S START, 379 NPL SITES HAVE RECEIVED TRUST FUND
MONIES TO INITIATE RI/FS. CUMULATIVELY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER
51 RI/FS HAVE BEEN INITIATED, 40 OF THESE ARE FIRST RI/FS AT SITES.
12 OF THE RI/FS ARE FUND FINANCED ENFORCEMENT LEAD.
O 183 SITES HAVE HAD RODs/EDDs SIGNED SINCE THE PROGRAM'S START. IN
FY 1986, 73 NPL SITES HAVE HAD A FIRST ROD/EDO SIGNED. 56, OR 77%,
OF THESE WERE SIGNED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER. IN ADDITION, THE
REGIONS HAVE .MADE 11 SUBSEQUENT RODs/EDDs AT NPL SITES.
o 33 FUND FINANCED REMEDIAL ACTIONS WERE BEGUN PRIOR TO FY 1986. IN
FY 1986, 10 SITES HAVE HAD REMEDIAL ACTION STARTED, ONE DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
O PRIOR TO FY 1986, 12 SITES HAD ALL REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
COMPLETED. REMEDIAL ACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT 9 SITES IN FY 1986.
SIX OF THESE HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY PRPs.
o 14 SITES HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THE NPL. THREE DELETIONS HAVE BEEN
INITIATED IN FY 1986.
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THROUGH September 30, 1986
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SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
O SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY - THE REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR CUMULATIVE
END-OF-YEAR TARGET FOR REFERRING SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS,
FORTY-THREE CASES WERE REFERRED VERSUS A TARGET OF 30.
o SECTION 106 CIVIL REFERRALS DIRECTING PRIVATE PARTY CLEAN UP - THERE
WERE NO REGIONAL TARGETS FOR SECTION 106 REFERRALS. TWO SECTION
106 REFERRALS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR, AND 13 OF THE REFERRALS
COUNTED ABOVE AGAINST THE SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY TARGETS ALSO
INCLUDED SECTION 106 COUNTS THAT DIRECT PRIVATE PARTY CLEAN UP.
o FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS - OF THE 139 FORMAL
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS ISSUED THIS YEAR, 75 WERE FOR NPL SITES
(59 REMEDIAL/16 REMOVAL) AND 64 WERE FOR NON-NPL SITES (ALL REMOVAL),
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SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30,1986
SECnON 107 COST RECOVERY
CIVIL REFERRALS
(CUMULATIVE)
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•I CUMULATIVE ACTUAL
150-
125-1
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FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
(CUMULATIVE)
00
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
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OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
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OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
FY 19R6 HIGHLIGHTS
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS NEARLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR ANNUAL TARGETS FOR
REGISTRATION STANDARDS, SPECIAL REVIEWS, DATA CALL-IN ACTIVITIES,
AND THREE OUT OF FOUR CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.
TARGETS WERE ALSO EXCEEDED IN THE EXISTING CHEMICALS PROGRAM.
o OPTS HAD DIFFICULTY IMPLEMENTING HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
(33 VS 50) AND MAKING FINAL DECISIONS ON REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
FOR AMENDED REGISTRATIONS (3812 VS 4500).
BACKLOG OF REGISTRATION APPLICATION ACTIONS NEARLY DOUBLED DURING
FY 1986.
THE PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES MUCH OF THE ABOVE DIFFICULTIES TO THE UNPLANNED
INCREASE IN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO REGISTRATION STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES.
o A SHORTFALL OCCURRED IN THE NEW CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM (14 VS 22).
O THE ASBESTOS ACTION PROGRAM EXCEEDED ALL ANNUAL EXPECTIONS, CONFIRMING
ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AT 221 PROJECTS AND REDUCING THE ASBESTOS HAZARD
AT 413 PRIORITY #1 PROJECTS (NOT FUNDED BY ASHAA).
o THE REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS EXCEEDED TSCA COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
TARGETS FOR THE YEAR. THE COMPLIANCE RATE (43%) IS AT THE SAME LEVEL
AS LAST YEAR.
O THE REGIONS CLOSED 614 (78%) OF THE CASES ON THE TSCA SNC INVENTORY,
WHILE 14 CASES ARE STILL PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT THE END OF
THE YEAR.
O THE STATES AND REGIONS ADDRESSED THE MAJORITY OF SIGNIFICANT PESTICIDE
VIOLATIONS WITHIN TIMEFRAMES DURING THE YEAR.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION STANDARDS
o OPTS MET ITS TARGET BY ESTABLISHING 25 REGISTRATION STANDARDS DURING
FY 1986. THESE STANDARDS COVER 3,469 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS AND
APPROXIMATELY 6.4 PERCENT OF PESTICIDES USED IN THE U.S.
o SIXTEEN OF THE 25 REGISTRATION STANDARDS (OR 64%) WERE ISSUED DURING
THE FOURTH QUARTER, COVERING 2,657 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS.
o DURING FY 1986, REGISTRATION STANDARDS (COVERING 45 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS)
WERE ISSUED FOR:
THIOPHANATE ETHYL, ORYZALIN, FLUOMETURON, CHLORDIMEFORM , CAPTAN,
BENOMYL, PARAQUAT, PRONAMIDE, THIOPHANATE-METHYL, DIOUAT, GLYPHOSATE,
TRIFLURALIN, ARSENIC ACID, CROMATED & NON-CROMATED ARSENICALS,
TELONE, TERBUTRYN, COPPER CHLORIDES, ETHYL PARATHION, ALDRIN,
PROPARGITE, PHOSMET, GUTHION, BT (BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS),
METHYL BROMIDE, FORMALDEHYDE
o SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980, OPTS HAS ISSUED REGISTRATION
STANDARDS COVERING:
9,300 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS OUT OF A UNIVERSE OF APPROXIMATELY 45,000.
41 PERCENT OF THE PESTICIDES USED (BY VOLUME) IN THE UNITED STATES.
162 PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 578.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION STANDARDS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF STANDARDS ESTABUSHED
As Of September 30,1986
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HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICALS
COVERED BY REGISTRATION STANDARDS
o THIS MEASURE TRACKS WHETHER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (HSR)
OF A REGISTRATION STANDARD ISSUED ONE YEAR EARLIER HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT FOCUSES ON WHETHER THE REGISTRANTS OF PESTICIDE PRODUCTS CONTAINING
A REGISTERED ACTIVE INGREDIENT HAVE:
- AGREED TO SUBMIT ALL HEALTH AND SAFETY STUDIES REQUIRED BY EPA, AND
- SUBMITTED AN EPA APPROVED DRAFT LABEL.
o OPTS'S OBJECTIVE IS TO INSURE THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
ARE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN ONE YEAR.
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o IN FY 1986, OPTS OVERSAW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 33 HEALTH AND SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS AGAINST AN ANNUAL TARGET OF 50, ACHIEVING 66 PERCENT
OF TARGET.
o OPTS IMPLEMENTED 2 HSRs (OR 6 PERCENT) DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS IMPLEMENTED 14 HSRs FOR CHEMICALS WITHIN THE
ONE-YEAR OBJECTIVE, AND 19 HSRs OUTSIDE THE ONE-YEAR OBJECTIVE.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER ESTABLISHED
As Of September 30,1986
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PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEWS
o OPTS MET ITS TARGET BY COMPLETING 13 SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS DURING
FY 1986.
O OPTS COMPLETED 6 SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS, NEARLY HALF OF THE ANNUAL
TARGET, DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS:
- CANCELLED ALL DICOFOL PRODUCTS (FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY TO PD 4).
- REACHED AN AGENCY FINAL DECISION (PD 4) FOR:
DICOFOL (PD 4) CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (PD 2/3/4)
CREOSOTE (NON-WOOD) (PD 4) 2,4,5-TCP (PD 2/3/4)
DIAZINON (PD 4) • DINOSEB (PD 1/2/3/4)
- COMPLETED ANALYSES ON RISKS/BENEFITS, ALTERNATIVES TO USES,
AND FEASIBLE REGULATORY OPTIONS (PD 2/3) FOR:
CADMIUM (PD 2/3) PENTACHLOROPHENOL (NON-WOOD)
ALACHLOR (PD 2/3) (REVISED PD 2/3)
DIAZINON (PD 1/2/3)
- COMPLETED REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE
CHEMICALS MET OR EXCEEDED SPECIAL REVIEW RISK CRITERIA (PD 1)
FOR:
TRIBUTYLTINS (PD 1) TELONE (PD 1)
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PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEW ACTIONS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED
As Of September 30,1986
2 3
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PESTICIDE DATA CALL-IN
o OPTS COMPLETED EXPOSURE (RESIDUE & REENTRY) DATA CALL-IN ACTIVITY
ON 30 CHEMICALS DURING FY 1986, FOR 120 PERCENT OF TARGET. THIS
WAS COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
O IN FY 1987, OPTS WILL BEGIN DATA CALL-IN ACTIVITY TO OBTAIN DATA FOR
EXISTING FOOD AND NON-FOOD USE PESTICIDES.
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CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF FY 1986 CHEMICALS
As Of September 30, 1986
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REVIEW OF STUDIES
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS REVIEWED 564 STUDIES (RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF
DATA CALL-IN, REGISTRATION STANDARDS, OR A NOTICE OF ADVERSE EFFECTS)
FOR 120 PERCENT OF TARGET.
o THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURE OPTS DEVELOPED IN FY 1985, IMPROVED THEIR
EFFICIENCY IN REVIEWING STUDIES.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
o OPTS NEARLY MET OR EXCEEDED FY 1986 TARGETS FOR FINAL DECISIONS
MADE ON REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, ACHIEVING:
- NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 93 PERCENT OF TARGET (13 VS 14)
- NEW USES 120 PERCENT OF TARGET (72 VS 60)
- OLD CHEMICALS 195 PERCENT OF TARGET (2,539 VS 1,300)
THE NUMBER OF FINAL DECISIONS MADE ON AMENDED REGISTRATIONS FELL
SHORT OF THE ANNUAL TARGET, ACHIEVING 85 PERCENT OF TARGET
(3,812 VS 4,500) .
o THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATION BACKLOGS NEARLY DOUBLED DURING FY 1986,
FROM 736 TO 1,418. THE BACKLOG INCREASED FOR:
- NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS BY 64 PERCENT (FROM 14 TO 23)
- OLD CHEMICALS BY 65 PERCENT (FROM 317 TO 523)
- AMENDED REGISTRATIONS BY 113 PERCENT (FROM 379 TO 807)
- NEW USES BY 150 PERCENT (FROM 26 TO 65)
THIS INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO UNPLANNED RESOURCE INCREASES DEVOTED TO
REGISTRATION STANDARD DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF FINAL DECISIONS
As Of September 30,1986
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EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDES
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS PROCESSED 209 FINAL DECISIONS ON EMERGENCY
EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS, ACHIEVING 139 PERCENT OF TARGET. OF THE
APPLICATIONS PROCESSED, 83 PERCENT WERE ISSUED EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS
AND 17 PERCENT WERE DENIED.
o THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY OPTS HAS CONTINUED TO
DECLINE (AS NOTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS), FROM 242 APPLICATIONS IN
FY 1985 TO 209 APPLICATIONS IN FY 1986.
O THE BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS NOT PROCESSED WITHIN THE ALLOTTED
TIMEFRAME DECREASED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM 5 TO 2. THIS
FIGURE IS THE SAME AS THE BACKLOG FIGURE AT THE END OF FY 1985.
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PESTICIDE TOLERANCE PETITIONS
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS PROCESSED 76 FINAL DECISIONS'ON TOLERANCE
PETITIONS, ACHIEVING 109 PERCENT OF TARGET.
o THE BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS INCREASED DURING FY 1986, FROM 42 TO 68
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FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
O AT THE CLOSE OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF FY 1986*, THE STATES HAD COM-
PLETED 19,048 FIFRA COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS FOR USE AND RESTRICTED
USE PESTICIDE DEALERS, COMPLETING 139% OF THEIR STATE GRANT TARGETS.
TARGETS WERE EXCEEDED IN NINE OF THE REGIONS. IN ADDITION, REGIONS
VII AND VIII, WITH NONDELEGATED PROGRAMS, EXCEEDED THEIR END-OF-
YEAR TARGETS IN THE SAME CATEGORIES, ACHIEVING 104% AND 172% OF
TARGET RESPECTIVELY.
O THE STATES REPORTED TAKING 4,396 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THROUGH THE
THIRD QUARTER, REPRESENTING A VIOLATION LEVEL OF 23% FOR "USE"
INSPECTIONS. THIS RATE LAST QUARTER WAS 26%.
*STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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FTFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE
FOR STATE ACTIVITIES
As Of June 30,1986
"USE" INSPECTION LEVELS
I II HI IV
StattM
125+
PARGET
19.048
"USE" INSPECTIONS
CONDUCTED
LEGEND
23* m VIOUTIOH W/ ACTION TAKEN
77* O NO ACTION WARRANTED
OR COMPLIANCE
DETERMINATION PENWNfl
VII VNI IX X
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ADDRESSING FIFRA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
o IN FY 1986, THE STATES RESPONDED TO ALL BUT 5% OF SIGNIFICANT
PESTICIDE "USE" VIOLATIONS (§27 REFERRALS) WITHIN AGREED-UPON
TIMEFRAMES.
o THE REGIONS REFERRED TO THE STATES A TOTAL OF 274 SIGNIFICANT USE
VIOLATIONS FOR INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AT THE END OF
THE YEAR:
2 (1%) WERE NOT ADDRESSED AND EXCEEDED THE TIMEFRAME.
- 12 (4%) WERE ADDRESSED BEYOND THE TIMEFRAME.
- 78 (29%) WERE PENDING ACTION WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
- 182 (66%) WERE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
o IN FY 1986, SIX REGIONS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 56 SIGNIFICANT VIOLA-
TION CASES FROM STATES (30 OF THESE CASES WERE IN REGION IV). OF
THESE:
- 3 (6%) WERE NOT ADDRESSED AND EXCEEDED THE TIMEFRAME.
- 4 (7%) WERE ADDRESSED BEYOND THE TIMEFRAME.
- 4 (7%) WERE PENDING ACTION WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
- 45 (80%) WERE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
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s
jj 140
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120
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ADDRESSING F1FRA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLJANCE
As Of September 30,1986
REFERRALS TO STATES
2 3
QUARTERS
EPA USE CASES - REFERRALS FROM STATES
50-
40-
30-
Z 20-
LEGEND
•I NOT ADDRESSED BEYOND TIMEFRAMC
OE ADDRESSED BEYOND TIMEFRAME
G3 PENDING WITHIN TIMEFRAME
CD ADDRESSED WITHIN TIMEFRAME
2 3
QUARTERS
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TSCA EXISTING CHEMICAL REVIEWS
o THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 60,000 EXISTING CHEMICALS ON THE TSCA INVENTORY.
OPTS ANNUALLY RECEIVES ABOUT 500 REPORTS ON 100 CHEMICALS NOTIFYING
THE AGENCY OF A POTENTIAL RISK. AFTER SCREENING, CHEMICALS OF CONCERN
ENTER THE EXISTING CHEMICALS PIPELINE. TO DATE THE PROGRAM HAS SCREENED
APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CHEMICALS. THE PROGRAM HAS TAKEN 33 FINAL RISK
MANAGEMENT ACTIONS* ON 22 CHEMICALS (11 OF THESE ACTIONS WERE ON PCBs)
SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 66 CHEMICALS IN THE PIPELINE.
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS COMPLETED 20 RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, AGAINST
A TARGET OF 15 FOR 133 PERCENT OF TARGET.
o DURING FY 1986, THE FOLLOWING RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS WERE COMPLETED:
§.6 RULEMAKING; - AN FRM FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT PROJECTS.
- AN NPRM FOR ACTIONS CONCERNING ASBESTOS.
- ANPRMS FOR METHYLENE CHLORIDE AND ASBESTOS REINSPECTION
§.5 SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES (SNURs);
- FINAL SNURs FOR HEX-BCH, HMPA, URETHANE, AND
PENTACHLOROETHANE.
- PROPOSED SNURS-FOR 11-AMINOUNDECANOIC ACID, PBB, TRIS,
MBK, AND PENTACHLOROETHANE.
§.9 REFERRALS TO OSHA;
1,3-BUTADIENE, FORMALDEHYDE MANUFACTURING (APPAREL),
GLYCOL ETHERS, MBOCA, AND TDA.
CHEMICAL ADVISORIES: BURNING USED OIL, AND TOLUENEDIAMINES.
* A FINAL RISK MANAGEMENT ACTION IS A FINAL RULEMAKING (FRM), SECTION 9
REFERRAL, SECTION 5 FINAL SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE (SNUR), OR A
CHEMICAL ADVISORY.
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DISPOSITION OF CHEMICALS IN THE
EXISTING CHEMICALS PIPELINE
RISK IDENTIFICATION PHASE (RIP)
NUMBER OF CHEMICALS
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
ENTERED DURING THE QUARTER
REFFERED TO NEXT PHASE
REQUIRING NO FURTHER ANALYSIS
REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS
39
0
5
t
33
HASE (REP)
4EMICALS
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
12
REFFERED TO NEXT PHASE
REQUIRING NO FURTHER ANALYSIS
REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS
Ji]
RISK MANAGEMENT PHASE (RMP)
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
ENTERED DURING THE QUARTER
CUMULATIVE TARGET
CUMULATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
17
15
20
Risk Identification Phase
Entry Review. Problem
Characterization
Risk Evaluation Phase
Info. Gathering and Risk
Analysis
Risk Management Phase
Risk Reduction Analysis
Risk Management Actions
'Toluenediaroine was in both REP (Phase III) and RMP (Phase IV) at the beginning of the quarter,
and has moved into RMP (Phase V). This fiqure avoids a doublecount.
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INTERAGENCY TESTING COMMITTEE (ITC) DESIGNATIONS
o OPTS ACHIEVED ITS FY 1986 TARGET OF 12 ACTIONS TAKEN ON 15TH AND
16TH LIST ITC SUBSTANCES. THESE ACTIONS INCLUDED 10 NOTICES OF
PROPOSED RULEMAKING AND 2 DECISIONS NOT TO TEST.
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS ALSO COMPLETED 26 DECISIONS ON POST-INITIAL
ITC SUBSTANCES, ACHIEVING 173 PERCENT OF TARGET. THESE ACTIONS
INCLUDED 9 NOTICES OF FINAL RULEMAKING, 13 NOTICES OF PROPOSED
RULEMAKING, AND 4 DECISIONS NOT TO TEST.
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TSCA NEW CHEMICAL REVIEWS
"~~""""''>
NEW CHEMICAL NOTICES;
o 2,222 NEW CHEMICAL NOTICES WERE RECEIVED DURING FY 1986, AN INCREASE
OF APPROXIMATELY 450 NOTICES OVER THAT RECEIVED DURING FY 1985.
o DURING FY 1986, OPTS REVIEWED 2,277 NEW CHEMICAL SUBMISSIONS, OF WHICH
1,836 (81%) WERE PRE-MANUFACTURE NOTICES (PMNs), 44 (2%) WERE TEST
MARKET EXEMPTIONS, 194 (8%) WERE POLYMER.EXEMPTIONS, AND 203 (9%)
WERE LOW VOLUME EXEMPTIONS.
o DURING FY 1986, 2,385 NEW CHEMICAL DECISIONS WERE MADE, OF WHICH 1,960
(82%) CONCERNED PMNs AND 425 (18%) CONCERNED EXEMPTIONS:
- 677 NEW CHEMICALS (28%) WERE SUSPENDED, WITHDRAWN, OR SUBJECTED
TO AN EPA ORDER OR OTHER ACTION TO CONTROL POTENTIAL RISK;
- 88 NEW CHEMICALS (4%) WERE REFERRED TO FOLLOW-UP; AND
1,620 (68%) REQUIRED NO FURTHER ACTION.
NEW CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP;
O DURING FY 1986, OPTS COMPLETED 14 NEW CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS,
ACHIEVING 64% OF TARGET.
THIS SHORTFALL OCCURRED BECAUSE TWO ACTIONS WERE NOT COMPLETED: ACRYLATES
CATEGORY SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE (SNUR) AND THE ACRYLATES LISTING
SNUR (COVERING 8 CHEMICALS). DATA GAPS AND REGULATORY ISSUES SURFACED
RELEVANT TO THIS CATEGORY; AS A RESULT, THESE RULES WERE PLACED ON HOLD
WHILE THE PROGRAM DEVELOPS A TESTING STRATEGY FOR THIS CATEGORY.
O OF THE 14 NEW CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS TAKEN DURING FY 1986:
1 WAS A FINAL SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE (SNUR); AND 13 WERE PROPOSED
SNURS.
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ACTION PROGRAM
ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT ACT
O THE ASBESTOS ACTION PROGRAM PERFORMANCE WAS OUTSTANDING DURING
FY 1986, EXCEEDING ALL OF ITS TARGETS.
o DURING FY 1986, THE REGIONS:
- CONDUCTED 1,347 PRE-AWARD SITE INSPECTIONS, ACHIEVING 167 PERCENT
OF TARGET.
- CONDUCTED 221 PROJECT CLOSE-OUT EVALUATIONS, ACHIEVING 133 PERCENT
OF TARGET.
- REDUCED THE ASBESTOS HAZARD AT 413 PRIORITY #1 PROJECTS, NOT FUNDED
BY ASHAA, ACHIEVING 263 PERCENT OF TARGET.
o DURING FY 1986, THE PROGRAM APPROVED 21 GRANTS FOR CONTRACTOR
CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, ACHIEVING 162 PERCENT OF TARGET.
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ASBESTOS ACTION PROGRAM
Evaluations Confirming Abatement at School Projects
As of September 30, 1986
teeo
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III IV
ACTUAL
TARGCT
V VI VII VIII IX
REGIONS
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REGIONAL AND HEADQUARTERS TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
o THE REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS EXCEEDED (128%) THEIR YEAR-END TARGET
FOR TSCA COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS, CONDUCTING 5,985 INSPECTIONS VERSUS
A TARGET OF 4,689. ALL TEN REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
o OF THE 5,985 INSPECTIONS:
- 43% WERE IN COMPLIANCE.
- 33% WERE IN VIOLATION (26% WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN;
7% WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTION PENDING).
24% WERE PENDING A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.
o OF THE 4,700 INSPECTIONS FOR WHICH A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION WAS
MADE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 54% WERE IN COMPLIANCE, AND 36% WERE
IN VIOLATION WITH ACTION TAKEN. AT THE END OF FY 1985, THE COMPAR-
ABLE COMPLIANCE RATE WAS 55% AND 35% WERE IN VIOLATION WITH ACTION
TAKEN.
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TSCA INSPECTION AND COMPLJANCE LEVELS
As Of September 30,1986
Inspection Uv«lt
Compliance Status
125+
TARGET
LEGEND
7X •§ VIOLATION W/ ACTION KNOMO
26% a VIOUT10H M^ AO10N TAKEM
MX Q3 COMPUANCC OCTCIIMINATIOM KNMN6
43X CIJ IN COMPUANCC
I N III IV V
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
o THE REGIONS HAD A BEGINNING-OF-YEAR INVENTORY OF 782 TSCA SIGNIFI-
CANT NONCOMPLIER CASES, MADE UP OF 488 OPEN CASES AND 294 CASES
PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. THERE WERE 14 (5%) PENDING CASES STILL
UNADDRESSED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
o AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR, 220 (28%) OF THE CASES HAD BEEN OPEN SIX
MONTHS OR MORE. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS PROPORTION HAD DROPPED
TO 111 (14%) OF THE CASES. DURING THE YEAR, THE REGIONS CLOSED 614
(78%) CASES ON THE INVENTORY. IN FY 1985 THE REGIONS CLOSED 342
CASES (75%) ON THEIR CASE INVENTORY.
o THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 913 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IN FY 1986.
OF THESE, 386 (42%) WERE PENDING AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND 527 (58%)
HAD BEEN ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS (118 OR 22% OF WHICH WERE
CLOSED) BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN FY 1985, 919 SIGNIFICANT VIOLA-
TORS WERE DETECTED, AND 405 (44%) WERE PENDING AND 514 (56%) HAD ,
COMPLAINTS ISSUED (156 OR 30% OF WHICH WERE CLOSED) BY THE END OF
THE YEAR.
o A TOTAL OF 13 TSCA CIVIL CASES WERE REFERRED TO HEADQUARTERS THIS
YEAR, COMPARED TO SIX LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE TWO TSCA
CRIMINAL REFERRALS, ONE EACH FROM REGIONS III AND IX.
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O 400
e
CD
200-
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES
O THE BEGINNING OF YEAR INVENTORY OF 22 TSCA FEDERAL FACILITY SNC
CASES WAS MADE UP OF 12 CASES PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND TEN
CASES OPEN SIX MONTHS OR LESS. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 21 CASES
HAD BEEN CLOSED, AND ONE CASE HAD BEEN OPEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.
o IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 53 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IN
FEDERAL FACILITIES. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 14 (26%) SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATORS WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND 39 (74%) HAD ACTION
TAKEN (TEN OF THE 39 WERE CLOSED).
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OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING
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CIVIL ACTION PROCESSING TIME
O OECM REVIEWED AND FORWARDED 44 CIVIL REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER COMPARED TO 55 CASES LAST YEAR
AT THIS TIME.
O THE AVERAGE TARGET REVIEW TIME OF 35 DAYS WAS MISSED. AVERAGE FOR
THE QUARTER WAS 36.
REGIONAL REFERRAL ACTIVITY
O THE REGIONS MADE 110 NEW CIVIL REFERRALS TO HEADQUARTERS AND 33 DIRECT
REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER,
COMPARED TO 109 AND 18 RESPECTIVELY DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1985
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CONCLUSION OF CIVIL CASES
STATUS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1986
o 439 CIVIL CASES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR
FILED IN COURT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1985. (153 HAVE BEEN ON-GOING MORE
THAN TWO YEARS SINCE BEING FILED - AN INCREASE OF 9 THIS QUARTER.)
OF THESE:
- 284 (72%) ARE NOW FILED IN U.S. COURT COMPARED TO (215/60%)* LAST YEAR.
- 124 (21%) HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED AFTER FILING (109/30%)*.
- 14 ( 5%) ARE STILL PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (17/5%)*.
- 17 ( 2%) HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN/DECLINED BY EPA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE (18/5%)*.
o 328 NEW CIVIL CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DURING FY 1986, COMPARED TO 247 IN FY 1985.
OF THESE:
- 121 (37%) ARE NOW FILED IN U.S. COURT (117/47%)*.
- 20 ( 5%) HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED AFTER FILING (18/7%)*.
- 179 (56%) ARE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (106/43%)*.
8(2%) HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY EPA (6/3%)*.
* FY 1985 PERFORMANCE
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PROGRESS IN CONCLUDING CIVIL CASES
As Of September 30, 1986
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CONCLUSION OF CIVIL CASES
PENDING AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1985
BOY 1 23
QUARTERS
LEGEND
CASU CONCLUOU
CASU nu» w co our
( I C*SU WITHDRAWN / OCCUNCO
CASU PCMDIH8 AT OOj
330-
CONCLUSIONS OF NEW FY 1986
REFERRALS TO DOJ
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CONSENT DECREE TRACKING
O THE NUMBER OF REPORTED ACTIVE CONSENT DECREES INCREASED FROM 211
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 1985 TO 322 IN FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1986.
O CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE INCREASED FROM 61% TO 78% DURING THAT SAME
TIME PERIOD.
O OF THE 322 ACTIVE DECREES, 251 (78%) WERE REPORTED IN COMPLIANCE AND
71 (22%) WERE REPORTED IN VIOLATION.
O OF THE 71 IN VIOLATION:
- 48 (68%) HAVE HAD A CONTEMPT ACTION OR A DECREE MODIFICATION
REFERRED OR A STIPULATED PENALTY COLLECTED.
- 16 (22%) HAVE HAD FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED BUT NOT
COMMENCED.
- 7 (10%) HAVE NO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
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CONSENT DECREE TRACKING (EPA DECREES ONLY)
As Of September 30,1986
Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X
In compliance with the terms of the decree
In violation with formal enforcement action Initiated
In violation with formal enforcement action planned but unoommenoed
In violation with no formal enforcement action planned at thlt time
National Summary
1234
QUARTERS
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CRIMINAL CASES
0 REGIONS REFERRED 13 NEW CRIMINAL CASES TO HEADQUARTERS DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER. CUMULATIVE TOTAL FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER IS 41
COMPARED TO 44 LAST YEAR.
CUMULATIVE
REGION
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
NEIC
HDQTRS
RCRA
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
7
2
2
2
CAA
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
FOURTH QUARTER CRIMINAL CASES
CWA
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
5
3
4
0
FIFRA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
TSCA
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
CERCLA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
0
3
4
1
3
1
1
12
7
7
2
TOTAL
20
15
0
41
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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PERSONNEL SERVICE STANDARDS
o OARM COMPLETED ITS WORK WITHIN THE STANDARD FOR 91% OF THE INTERNAL
RECRUITMENT ACTIONS. 77% OF THE QUARTER'S ACTIONS MET THE TOTAL
PROCESSING TIME STANDARD OF 10 TO 12 WEEKS. 14% OF THE ACTIONS WERE
DELAYED BY THE CLIENT PROGRAM OFFICES AND 9% BY OARM.
o OARM COMPLETED ITS WORK WITHIN THE STANDARD FOR ALL OF THE 52 EXTERNAL
RECRUITMENT ACTIONS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. R8% OF THE QUARTER'S
ACTIONS MET THE TOTAL TIME STANDARD OF JUST OVER 13 WEEKS.
o 95% OF THE 280 NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS WENT THROUGH IN THE TOTAL
PROCESSING TIME STANDARD OF THREE TO FIVE WEEKS. TWELVE DELAYS
OCCURRED IN OARM AND THREE IN THE PROGRAM OFFICES.
o DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, OARM PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 1,445 PERSONNEL
ACTIONS (INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE AND AWARDS ACTIONS). OARM PROCESSED
95% OF THOSE ACTIONS IN THE TOTAL TIME ALLOWED BY THE STANDARD.
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PERSONNEL SERVICE STANDARDS
NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1986
RECRUITMENT ACTIONS
INTERNAL TO EPA
RECRUITMENT ACTONS
EXTERNAL TO EPA
NON-COMPETITIVE
ACTIONS
300-
90-
to
f
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o
1234
QUARTERS
60-
30-
350-
300-
250-i
200-
150-
100-
50-
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
1 1 OAMM DELAYS
0PM DELAYS
CLIENT PROGRAM OFFICE DELAYS
COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD SCHEDULE
1234
QUARTERS
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GRANTS SERVICE STANDARDS
O 73% OF THE GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
WERE AWARDED WITHIN THE TARGET OF 18 DAYS PER ACTION (THE ACTUAL
AVERAGE WAS 13 DAYS). THE REMAINING 27% WERE ONLY ONE TO TWO DAYS
LATE.
O 95% OF THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER MET THE
TARGET OF 18 DAYS PER ACTION (THE ACTUAL AVERAGE WAS SIX DAYS).
o 70% OF THE FOURTH QUARTER'S 23 DETERMINATIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR DEVIATION
FROM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS WENT THROUGH WITHIN THE 15-DAY LIMIT.
o ALL OF THE QUARTER'S 52 DETERMINATIONS IN SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT CASES
WERE WITHIN THE 35 DAY TARGET (ACTUAL AVERAGE WAS 6 DAYS). AS THE
AGENCY BECOMES MORE AWARE OF THE SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT PROGRAM, OARM
EXPECTS THE CASELOAD TO CONTINUE AT THIS HIGHER LEVEL.
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O
GRANTS SERVICE STANDARDS
NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1986
GRANT OR COOPERATIVE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT AWARDED AWARDED AFTER RECEIPT
250 n
fi
1234
QUARTERS
234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
ACTIONS coufixrto •CTONO TAJUCT
ACTION* COMPUTED iTITHtN URUT
DETERMINATION PREPARED FOR
DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS
SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT
DETERMINATION ISSUED AFTER
CASE RECORD COMPLETE
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45-
30-
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PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, OARM AWARDED 68% OF EPA'S MAJOR NEGOTIATED
CONTRACTS WITHIN THE PROCESSING TIME TARGETS.
- EIGHTY-NINE OF THE 130 NEW COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED WITHIN
THE STANDARD SCHEDULE OF 225 TO 240 DAYS OR WITHIN A NEGOTIATED
SCHEDULE. THREE OF THE 41 LATE CONTRACTS WERE DELAYED WITHIN OARM.
- TWENTY-FOUR OF THE 30 NEW SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED WITHIN
THE STANDARD SCHEDULE OF 171 DAYS. NONE OF THE 6 LATE CONTRACTS
WERE HELD UP IN OARM.
O PROCUREMENT ISSUED 25% FEWER SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS IN FY 1986 THAN
IN FY 1985. OARM EXPECTS THE VOLUME OF SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS TO
CONTINUE TO FALL AS EMPHASIS INCREASES ON COMPETITIVELY AWARDED
CONTRACTS.
O EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL PURCHASE ORDERS WERE AWARDED WITHIN THE
STANDARDS.
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PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS
NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1986
COMPETITIVE
SOLE SOURCE
135-
00
27-
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to
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2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
2 3
QUARTERS
OARM DELAYS
DELAYS EXTERNAL TO OARM
COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD OR NEGOTIATED SCHEDULE
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AUDIT RESOLUTIONS
o THE REGIONS RECEIVED 113 AUDITS AND RESOLVED 123 AUDITS DURING THE
.FOURTH QUARTER FY 1986.
O THE BACKLOG OF OVERDUE AUDITS REMAINS VERY LOW AT 14 AUDITS, COMPARED
TO 13 AUDITS A YEAR AGO. EIGHT OF THE 14 BACKLOGGED AUDITS ARE IN
REGION III.
o SINCE THE BACKLOG HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY LOW FOR THE PAST YEAR THIS
MEASURE WILL BE DROPPED FOR FY 1987.
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AUDIT RESOLUTION WORKLOAD
As of September 30, 1986
AUDITS RESOLVED IN REGIONS
250-
200 ^
150-
CO
100-
50-
BACKLOG
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20-
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ADP SERVICE STANDARDS
o IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FY 1986 BATCH PROCESSING WORK AGAIN EXCEEDED
THE 90% TARGET, WITH 92% OF JOBS COMPLETED ON TIME.
o OARM EXCEEDED ITS TARGET FOR INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SERVICE TIME BY
10%, WITH 100% OF JOBS COMPLETED ON TIME.
O THERE WAS ONLY ONE COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILURE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THIS WAS WELL WITHIN THE 24 ALLOWED BY THE STANDARD.
o SINCE OARM HAS CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDED THESE STANDARDS, THIS MEASURE
WILL BE DROPPED FOR FY 1987.
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ADP SERVICE STANDARDS
As Of September 30, 1986
SERVICE TIME
SYSTEM FAILURES
UD
00
o
100 -i
TARGET 903
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
BATCH PROCESSING
INTERACTIVE PROCESSING
251
20 H
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3 15
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1 5
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OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
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OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES
o 30 RED BORDER DOCUMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR REVIEW BY OPPE DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
- 29, OR 97%, WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE THREE-WEEK DEADLINE.
1, OR 3%, FAILED TO MEET THE FOUR-WEEK DEADLINE.
o 133 OF THE 138 RED BORDER REVIEWS OR 96% WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THREE
WEEKS DURING FY 1986 COMPARED TO 169 OUT OF 174 OR 97% DURING FY 1985
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MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR FOURTH QUARTER COMPLETION
ITEM
o ISSUE REPORT ON THE VALUE OF
PROTECTING WETLANDS FROM WATER
POLLUTION FOR OW BY 9/86.
STATUS
o A REPORT WAS COMPLETED;
HOWEVER, CONSENSUS WAS NOT
REACHED WITHIN THE AGENCY
ON THE APPROACH EMBODIED
BY THE REPORT. AN ORD
EFFORT IS NOW UNDERWAY TO
DEVELOP ANOTHER APPROACH.
ISSUE REPORT ON EFFECT OF DIF-
FERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION DIS-
SEMINATION IN REDUCING EXPOSURE
TO INDOOR RADON FOR OAR BY 9/86.
o REPORT ISSUED AND OAR BRIEFED
8/86.
o COMPLETE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DUE TO ACID
RAIN AND OZONE FOR ORD AND OAR
BY 9/16/86.
O ACID RAIN COMPLETED ON TIME.
RESCHEDULING OF THE OZONE WORK
IS UNLIKELY BECAUSE OF HIGHER
PRIORITIES.
COMPLETE METHODOLOGY TO ASSIST o
IN SETTING ECONOMIC-BASED PRIORI-
TIES FOR THE ANTICIPATED NATIONAL
ESTUARIES PROGRAM BY 9/86.
METHODOLOGY COMPLETED ON TIME.
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OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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SECTION 309 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW
O SECTION 309 MEASURES SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EPA IN REDUCING
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH OTHER AGENCIES' PROPOSED
PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES.
PROJECT ACTIVITY:
o IN FY 1986, EPA REVIEWED 268 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
AND 1,146 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, REGULATIONS AND LICENSE APPLICATIONS
EPA IDENTIFIED SUBSTANTIVE PROBLEMS WITH 34%, OR 478 PROJECTS.
O FY 1986 MARKED A NEW EMPHASIS ON WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH NEPA-RELATED ACTIONS BEFORE EISs AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE WRITTEN. TOWARD THAT END, EPA REGIONS AND
HEADQUARTERS MADE 369 SUBSTANTIVE EARLY COORDINATION ACTIONS WITH
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND INITIATED SUBSTANTIVE FOLLOW-UP EFFORTS
TO DISCUSS EPA CONCERNS REGARDING 260 PROJECTS. AS THESE EFFORTS
CONTINUE, OEA HOPES TO SEE A DECREASE IN EPA CONCERNS WITH DRAFT AND
FINAL PROJECTS.
PROJECT RESOLUTION:
o IN FY 1986, EPA's ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WERE RESOLVED IN 178 OF 274
(65%) FINAL PROJECTS — EISs, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, REGULATIONS
AND LICENSE APPLICATIONS — THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PROBLEM
CASES IN THE DRAFT STAGE.
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SECTION 309 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF MAJOR FEDERAL PROJECTS
As Of September 30, 1986
RESOLUTION OF EPA
EPA REVIEWS OF DRAFT PROJECTS
o
I
CO
2
404-i
303-
202-
101-
I
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2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
OUAfT mOJC.cn - CPA CONCCftM
OUAFT MOJECT - NO CPA COHCtHMS
^ NEPA PROJECTS INCLUDE EISs. ENVIRONMENTAL
" ASSESSMENTS. REGULATIONS AND UCENSE APPLICATIONS
CONCERNS IN FINAL PROJECTS
90 n
LEGEND
2 3
QUARTERS
FINAL MOJECT - CPA CONCUNS UNMCSOLVCO
HNAL PROJECTS - CPA CONCERNS KESOIVEO
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COMPLIANCE
o THESE MEASURES SHOW AGENCY EFFORTS TO COMPLY WITH THE NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, BY PERFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND
WRITING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (ElS).
EPA NEPA ACTIONS;
O IN FY. 1986, EPA ISSUED A TOTAL OF 336 NEPA ACTIONS:
-• 17 (5%) WERE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS (CEs).
- 311 (93%) FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (FNSIs).
- 8 (2%) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EISs).
NEPA RELATED SUPPORT (TO EPA PROGRAM OFFICES AND TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES)?
o IN FY 1986, OEA RESPONDED TO 170 OF 184 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
HELP EPA PROGRAMS WORKING TO FULFILL VOLUNTARY ElS AND NEPA FUNCTIONAL
EQUIVALENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. OF THOSE REQUESTS, 129 WERE IN REGION III,
WHERE THE NEPA STAFF LAUNCHED AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE NEPA SUPPORT TO
PROGRAM OFFICES.
o IN FY 1986, EPA RESPONDED TO 4 OF 6 REQUESTS TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES WRITING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. BECAUSE
THESE REQUESTS USUALLY CALL FOR EPA CONTRACT FUNDS IN RESPONSE, EPA
IS UNABLE TO MEET EVERY REQUEST.
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I^NDIAN LANDS PROGRAM
o IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS MADE 26- GRANTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO
ASSIST THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS. ELEVEN GRANTS WENT
FOR WORK UNDER THE AIR PROGRAM; ELEVEN FOR PESTICIDES WORK? AND FOUR
FOR WATER PROJECTS.
o REGION VIII SIGNED SIX TRIBAL/EPA AGREEMENTS, FIVE RELATED TO
PESTICIDES AND ONE GENERAL AGREEMENT. REGION X SIGNED ONE AGREEMENT,
WHICH WILL IMPLEMENT A WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
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SECTION 404 PERMIT REVIEW
o DURING FY 1986, EPA RAISED SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR 27% OF THE 7,817
•
SECTION 404 PERMIT APPLICATIONS REVIEWED. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,
EPA HAS CONSISTENTLY VOICED CONCERN ABOUT 25% TO 30% OF THE PERMIT
APPLICATIONS REVIEWED.
o SINCE 1984 THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS CONSISTENTLY ACCEPTED
EPA COMMENTS ON 80% TO 95% OF THE APPLICATIONS PROCESSED. OF
THE 1,594 PENDING APPLICATIONS RESOLVED AFTER WITHDRAWALS IN FY 1986,
THE CORPS:
- ACCEPTED EPA'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON 1,441 (95%) OF PERMITS PROCESSED,
DENYING 225 PERMITS AND MODIFYING 1,216, AND
- OVERRULED EPA'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON 153 (6%) OF PERMITS PROCESSED,
ISSUING PERMITS OVER EPA RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL OR WITHOUT EPA
RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS.
o ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION (AI) IS A NEW PART OF THE STRATEGY TO PROTECT
WETLANDS. AI WILL COMPLEMENT EPA'S PERMIT REVIEW ACTIVITY UNDER
§404 BY MARKING SOME AREAS OF REGULATED WATERS AS SUITABLE OR UNSUITABLE
FOR DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL. SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE
REGIONS HAVE INITIATED 13 ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION ACTIONS, AGAINST
AN END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF TEN ACTIONS. MOST ACTIONS INITIATED IN FY 1986
WILL BE COMPLETED IN FY 1987, ALTHOUGH AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER MAY CONTINUE
INTO FY 1988.
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SECTION 404 REVIEWS
As of September 30, 1986
REVIEWS
(0
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to
o
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
NEW REVIEWS WITH ISSUES
NEW REVIEWS WITH NO ISSUES
600-
450-
RESOLUT10NS
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
( | EPA OVERRULED
APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
FAVORABLE TO EPA
NUMBER OF 404 PERMITS REVIEWED IN FY 1986: 7,817
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404 COMPLIANCE
o EPA PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON PERMIT
ENFORCEMENT. IN FY 1986, THE CORPS RECEIVED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT 84
SITES, AND 36 (43%) VIOLATORS WERE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. LAST
YEAR, THE CORPS RECEIVED TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR 94 SITES AND 23 (24%)
HAD BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE.
o ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES WAS INITIATED FOR
423 SITES (115 EPA LEAD AND 308 CORPS LEAD). LAST YEAR THERE WERE
240 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS (119 EPA LEAD AND 121 CORPS LEAD).
O IN FY 1986, THE REGIONS RESOLVED 171 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, OVER
DOUBLE THEIR TARGET OF 69.
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SECTION 404 COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30,1986
EPA TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS
(PERMITTED)
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
(UNPERMfTTED)
to
SUPPORT RECEIVED
RETURNED
TO
COMPLIANCE
ADDRESS. BY f OF SITES
INFOHC^CTION jreoiyEoiiY
ENFORC. ACTION
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LEGEND
CUCOE
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£Z3 TARGET
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OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
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RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES
O FORTY-FIVE RED BORDER DOCUMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR REVIEW BY OGC
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
- THIRTY-SEVEN RED BORDER REVIEWS WERE COMPLETED BY OGC WITHIN THREE
WEEKS. THIS WAS 82% AGAINST A TARGET OF 80%.
- EIGHT MORE REVIEWS WERE COMPLETED WITHIN 4 WEEKS, FOR A COMPLETION RATE
OF 100% AGAINST TARGET.
REVIEW DEADLINES FOR STATE DELEGATION AGREEMENTS
O THREE AUTHORIZATION APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR OGC EVALUATION DURING
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
- ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED CONCURRENCE BY OGC WITHIN 15 DAYS,
MEETING THE 15 DAY TARGET.
- TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS REVEIVED FOR THE YEAR IS THIRTY-THREE
WITH ONLY ONE DEFICIENCY, WHICH REQUIRED NO EXTENSIONS.
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